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Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Pushing out of Earth orbit now...........
-------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Sep 27 2007, 05:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Well -- I missed the launch (6:34 am is a little early for me these days, and that's when she lofted by my clock), but I just saw a quick replay of the launch at the beginning of the post-launch news conference, and I have to say, that thing heeled over to the left (from the camera angle I saw) pretty good before straightening out and angling to the right onto its correct trajectory. Took off like a bat out of hell, though...
Four issues were just mentioned -- the RCS switched itself from the primary to the secondary system, for reasons yet unknown; the RCS thrusters are running colder than anticipated, which is making the software controls lock them out, but reversion to hardware controls is keeping them running -- the fix is a minor re-set of the software's criteria values; the RCS brackets are running a little warmer than normal, but are cooling down; and there is a slight difference in electricity being generated between the two solar panels. Those are the only issues that have been discussed. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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