STS-130: so far so good

STS-130: so far so good
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STS-130: so far so good John Doe 02-07-2010
Posted by John Doe on February 7, 2010, 1:56 am
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Just a reminder that STS-130 is blasting off sunday morning after 04:00
EST (just over 2 hours from now).

So far, everything is looking fine, they are loading the crews up.

You know you've watched NASA TV too much when you recognize voices. NASA
TV ahs a new anchor (better than Rob Navias) and his guest is a guy
whose name escapes me, but very recogniable voice, he does some of the
press conferences and is apparently a former pilot and is giving very
good background on what they are doing and knws the close out crews as
well as astronauts.

With the USA shortly going to do its last human space launch, it would
be nice if the main US networks could carry the last 3 hours before
launch to show americans what the space shuttle was all about. A bit of
history lesson.

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I'm watchin online now.. target launch time is 4:39 a.m. EST.



Posted by John Doe on February 7, 2010, 3:01 am
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Weather forecast has declined at first from 80% favourable down to about
60% a couple hours ago. Now, as of about 03:00 am (1.5 hours before
launch), they downgraded to 30% chance of favourable weather due to
incoming clouds.


Are clouds rules there only to give visibility to pilots in case of RTLS
or are there actual performance issues of shuttle flying through clouds
on ascent ?

In terms of visibility requirements, are there differences from pilot's
point of view between night and day launch ?

In good weather, is there a usable horizon in the case of RTLS when
shuttle is over ocean ? Do ground lights in florida provide sufficient
horizon clues at night ?

Posted by John Doe on February 7, 2010, 4:17 am
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At 04:15 am, with about 15 minutes left in the T-9 hold, they just
announced that weather is red/no go. (the clouds being the problem).

I assume the official announcement will go when the make the final polling.

Posted by John Doe on February 7, 2010, 4:31 am
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Update:

Poll was OK for everyone except weather and SRO. BUT instead of
cancelling it right away, they tried. Seems the weather was borderline.
They had a 4 minute window. The weather was too dynamic.

Ok, they just scrubbed at 04:30. 24 hour turnaround.

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