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06-14-2008, 07:00 AM
Preparations continue for Discovery's planned 11:15:18 a.m. landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The astronauts awoke at 2:32 a.m. EDT and have worked through their timeline with entry flight director Richard Jones' Mission Control Team. Weather is forecast to be "go" for landing, and there are no technical issues that would prevent Discovery from performing the deorbit burn at 10:10 a.m. There is a second landing opportunity at Kennedy, should it be necessary. Deorbit burn would occur at 11:46 a.m. and landing would follow at 12:50:44 a.m.
Landing ground tracks may be viewed at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/news/landing.html
Entry Day Timeline
Time Event
7:30 a.m Discovery's payload bay doors are closed
7:40 a.m. Mission Control “Go” for Ops 3 software transition
8:15 a.m. Entry switch list configuration
8:25 a.m. Deorbit maneuver update (Preliminary Advisory Data)
8:30 a.m. Crew entry review
8:45 a.m. Discovery's crew puts on launch entry suits
9:10 a.m. Discovery's crew straps into seats
9:27 a.m. Orbital Maneuvering System engine gimbal checks
9:37 a.m. Auxiliary power unit prestart
9:50 a.m. Mission Control “Go-No Go” for the deorbit burn
9:59 a.m. Maneuver to the Deorbit Burn Attitude
10:05 a.m. Single APU start
10:10:17 a.m. Deorbit burn (above southern Indian Ocean)
10:43:37 a.m. Entry Interface (400,000 feet)
10:48:36 a.m. First Roll Command (to the left)
10:58:33 a.m. First Roll Reversal (left to right)
11:08:46 a.m. Velocity Mach 2.5
11:11:00 a.m. Velocity Mach 1
11:11:50 a.m. Heading Alignment Circle intercept
11:15:18 a.m. LANDING
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS:
High pressure will be located off the North Carolina coast extending into the Gulf of Mexico producing a relatively dry air-mass over KSC for end of mission. No precipitation is expected for the first landing opportunity with widely scattered showers possible along the sea breeze as it pushes westward across KSC for the second landing opportunity. As a result, the primary weather conditions to monitor will be precipitation for the second landing opportunity.
END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 06/14/08
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
Valid 11:15 AM EDT / 10:15 AM CDT
Clouds: Few 3,000 feet
Visibility: 7 miles
Winds: 060004P06
Runways & violations: RWY 33/15 none
Temperature: 84
Dew Point: 71
Relative humidity: 65%
Remarks: none
Precipitation: none
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
Valid 12:51 AM EDT / 11:51 AM CDT
Clouds: Scattered 3,500 feet
Visibility: 7 miles
Winds: 09007P12 knots
Runways & violations: RWY 33/15 none
Temperature: 85
Dew Point: 71
Relative humidity: 63%
Remarks: none
Precipitation: Slight chance of showers within 30 NM.
Landing ground tracks may be viewed at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/news/landing.html
Entry Day Timeline
Time Event
7:30 a.m Discovery's payload bay doors are closed
7:40 a.m. Mission Control “Go” for Ops 3 software transition
8:15 a.m. Entry switch list configuration
8:25 a.m. Deorbit maneuver update (Preliminary Advisory Data)
8:30 a.m. Crew entry review
8:45 a.m. Discovery's crew puts on launch entry suits
9:10 a.m. Discovery's crew straps into seats
9:27 a.m. Orbital Maneuvering System engine gimbal checks
9:37 a.m. Auxiliary power unit prestart
9:50 a.m. Mission Control “Go-No Go” for the deorbit burn
9:59 a.m. Maneuver to the Deorbit Burn Attitude
10:05 a.m. Single APU start
10:10:17 a.m. Deorbit burn (above southern Indian Ocean)
10:43:37 a.m. Entry Interface (400,000 feet)
10:48:36 a.m. First Roll Command (to the left)
10:58:33 a.m. First Roll Reversal (left to right)
11:08:46 a.m. Velocity Mach 2.5
11:11:00 a.m. Velocity Mach 1
11:11:50 a.m. Heading Alignment Circle intercept
11:15:18 a.m. LANDING
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS:
High pressure will be located off the North Carolina coast extending into the Gulf of Mexico producing a relatively dry air-mass over KSC for end of mission. No precipitation is expected for the first landing opportunity with widely scattered showers possible along the sea breeze as it pushes westward across KSC for the second landing opportunity. As a result, the primary weather conditions to monitor will be precipitation for the second landing opportunity.
END OF MISSION LANDING WEATHER FORECASTS FOR 06/14/08
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
Valid 11:15 AM EDT / 10:15 AM CDT
Clouds: Few 3,000 feet
Visibility: 7 miles
Winds: 060004P06
Runways & violations: RWY 33/15 none
Temperature: 84
Dew Point: 71
Relative humidity: 65%
Remarks: none
Precipitation: none
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
Valid 12:51 AM EDT / 11:51 AM CDT
Clouds: Scattered 3,500 feet
Visibility: 7 miles
Winds: 09007P12 knots
Runways & violations: RWY 33/15 none
Temperature: 85
Dew Point: 71
Relative humidity: 63%
Remarks: none
Precipitation: Slight chance of showers within 30 NM.