NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 November 2004
SpaceRef note: This NASA Headquarters internal status report, as presented here, contains additional, original material produced by SpaceRef.com (copyright © 2004) to enhance access to related status reports and NASA activities.
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. A Sunday rest day for the crew, with a few standard maintenance tasks.
FE Salizhan Sharipov completed the weekly routine SOZh/ECLSS maintenance tasks of collecting SP toilet flush counter and SVO water supply readings in the Service Module (SM) for calldown to TsUP, followed by the weekly inspection of the BRPK condensate separation and pumping unit.
Sharipov also had his weekly PFC (private family conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/NetMeeting video.
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Previous Reports ISS On-orbit Status [HQ] |
CDR/SO Leroy Chiao performed the regular once-a-week maintenance reboot on the operational PCS (portable computer system) laptops and the restart of the OCA comm router laptop (every two weeks).
The crew worked out for their regular daily 2.5-hr. physical exercise program on TVIS treadmill, RED exerciser, and VELO cycle with bungee cord load trainer.
Afterwards, the CDR did the daily transfer of TVIS and RED exercise data files to the MEC (medical equipment computer) and also conducted the periodic transfer of accumulated data files from the wristband HRM (heart rate monitor) receiver stations to the MEC for downlink, followed by their erasure on the HRM.
Working off the discretionary Russian task list, Sharipov set up the equipment for the Russian MBI-8 “Profilaktika” (countermeasures) fitness test for tomorrow and ran through a refresher course for using the -100 gas analyzer and the Cardiocassette-2000 unit. [Test procedure for MBI-8 is identical to the Russian MO-5 assessment, but in addition to the nominal procedure, it calls for the use of the TEEM-100M gas analyzer, measurement of the lactate level in the subject’s blood with the AccuSport device, and subjective evaluation of physical exertion levels during the test. Results are entered on a log sheet. TEEM and ECG (electrocardiograph) data are transferred to the Laptop 3, also on a tape cassette (Cardiocassette-2000), and prepared for later downlink via Regul-Packet comm. The lactate levels will be called down to specialists standing by at TsUP.]
The EVA battery maintenance/reconditioning in the U.S. Airlock is continuing after its successful kickoff last Friday (11/19), and CDR Chiao again spent some time today checking up on the otherwise automated (SSC laptop software-controlled) process.
Leroy also collected the periodic reading of the cabin air’s current CO2 partial pressure in the SM and Lab, using the U.S. CDMK (CO2 monitor kit), for calldown to MCC-Houston (along with the battery status) for use in trending analyses.
Tomorrow (11/22), a software patch will be uploaded to the GNC (guidance, navigation & control) MDMs to correct an error in the U.S. navigation software. [To perform the load, the backup GNC2 will be reinitialized and recovered, leaving only the primary GNC1 in operation. Once the backup MDM has been loaded and configured, attitude control will be handed over to the Russian Segment (RS). The GNC MDMs will then be swapped and the new backup will be loaded with the patch, while the new primary will be reconfigured to regain attitude control from the RS. The crew will be provided with a contingency procedure to help restore communications with MCC-H in the event that an unexpected primary GNC failure occurs during the patch load when there is no back-up GNC MDM.]
CEO images can be viewed at these websites:
See also the website “Space Station Challenge” at:
To view the latest photos taken by the expedition 10 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 10 Flight Crew Plans can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Previous NASA ISS On-orbit Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Station Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports can be found here. A collection of all of these reports and other materials relating to Return to Flight for the Space Shuttle fleet can be found here.
Upcoming Key Events:
- Soyuz hot-fire thrusters test — 11/24;
- Soyuz relocation DC1-FGB — 11/29;
- Progress 15P undocking & destructive reentry — 12/22;
- Progress 16P launch — 12/23;
- Progress 16B docking — 12/25 (GMT);
- EVA-12 — January 05 (1/25?).
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ISS Location NOW |
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 10:30am EST [= epoch]):
- Mean altitude — 357.7 km
- Apogee height — 360.9 km
- Perigee height — 354.6 km
- Period — 91.70 min.
- Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
- Eccentricity — 0.0004608
- Solar Beta Angle — -7.8 deg (magnitude increasing)
- Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.70
- Mean altitude loss in last 24 hours — 210 m
- Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 34305
ISS Altitude History
Apogee height — Mean Altitude — Perigee height
For more on ISS orbit and worldwide ISS naked-eye visibility dates/times, see http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/issvis.html. In addition, information on International Space Station sighting opportunities can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ on NASA’s Human Spaceflight website. The current location of the International Space Station can be found at http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Additional satellite tracking resources can be found at http://www.spaceref.com/iss/tracking.html.
SpaceRef note: This NASA Headquarters internal status report, as presented here, contains additional, original material produced by SpaceRef.com (copyright © 2004) to enhance access to related status reports and NASA activities.
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. A Sunday rest day for the crew, with a few standard maintenance tasks.
FE Salizhan Sharipov completed the weekly routine SOZh/ECLSS maintenance tasks of collecting SP toilet flush counter and SVO water supply readings in the Service Module (SM) for calldown to TsUP, followed by the weekly inspection of the BRPK condensate separation and pumping unit.
Sharipov also had his weekly PFC (private family conference) via S-band/audio and Ku-band/NetMeeting video.
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Previous Reports ISS On-orbit Status [HQ] |
CDR/SO Leroy Chiao performed the regular once-a-week maintenance reboot on the operational PCS (portable computer system) laptops and the restart of the OCA comm router laptop (every two weeks).
The crew worked out for their regular daily 2.5-hr. physical exercise program on TVIS treadmill, RED exerciser, and VELO cycle with bungee cord load trainer.
Afterwards, the CDR did the daily transfer of TVIS and RED exercise data files to the MEC (medical equipment computer) and also conducted the periodic transfer of accumulated data files from the wristband HRM (heart rate monitor) receiver stations to the MEC for downlink, followed by their erasure on the HRM.
Working off the discretionary Russian task list, Sharipov set up the equipment for the Russian MBI-8 “Profilaktika” (countermeasures) fitness test for tomorrow and ran through a refresher course for using the -100 gas analyzer and the Cardiocassette-2000 unit. [Test procedure for MBI-8 is identical to the Russian MO-5 assessment, but in addition to the nominal procedure, it calls for the use of the TEEM-100M gas analyzer, measurement of the lactate level in the subject’s blood with the AccuSport device, and subjective evaluation of physical exertion levels during the test. Results are entered on a log sheet. TEEM and ECG (electrocardiograph) data are transferred to the Laptop 3, also on a tape cassette (Cardiocassette-2000), and prepared for later downlink via Regul-Packet comm. The lactate levels will be called down to specialists standing by at TsUP.]
The EVA battery maintenance/reconditioning in the U.S. Airlock is continuing after its successful kickoff last Friday (11/19), and CDR Chiao again spent some time today checking up on the otherwise automated (SSC laptop software-controlled) process.
Leroy also collected the periodic reading of the cabin air’s current CO2 partial pressure in the SM and Lab, using the U.S. CDMK (CO2 monitor kit), for calldown to MCC-Houston (along with the battery status) for use in trending analyses.
Tomorrow (11/22), a software patch will be uploaded to the GNC (guidance, navigation & control) MDMs to correct an error in the U.S. navigation software. [To perform the load, the backup GNC2 will be reinitialized and recovered, leaving only the primary GNC1 in operation. Once the backup MDM has been loaded and configured, attitude control will be handed over to the Russian Segment (RS). The GNC MDMs will then be swapped and the new backup will be loaded with the patch, while the new primary will be reconfigured to regain attitude control from the RS. The crew will be provided with a contingency procedure to help restore communications with MCC-H in the event that an unexpected primary GNC failure occurs during the patch load when there is no back-up GNC MDM.]
CEO images can be viewed at these websites:
See also the website “Space Station Challenge” at:
To view the latest photos taken by the expedition 10 crew visit:
- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/ndxpage1.html at NASA’s Human Spaceflight website.
Expedition 10 Flight Crew Plans can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Previous NASA ISS On-orbit Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Station Status Reports can be found here. Previous NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Reports can be found here. A collection of all of these reports and other materials relating to Return to Flight for the Space Shuttle fleet can be found here.
Upcoming Key Events:
- Soyuz hot-fire thrusters test — 11/24;
- Soyuz relocation DC1-FGB — 11/29;
- Progress 15P undocking & destructive reentry — 12/22;
- Progress 16P launch — 12/23;
- Progress 16B docking — 12/25 (GMT);
- EVA-12 — January 05 (1/25?).
|
ISS Location NOW |
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 10:30am EST [= epoch]):
- Mean altitude — 357.7 km
- Apogee height — 360.9 km
- Perigee height — 354.6 km
- Period — 91.70 min.
- Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
- Eccentricity — 0.0004608
- Solar Beta Angle — -7.8 deg (magnitude increasing)
- Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.70
- Mean altitude loss in last 24 hours — 210 m
- Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 34305
ISS Altitude History
Apogee height — Mean Altitude — Perigee height
For more on ISS orbit and worldwide ISS naked-eye visibility dates/times, see http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/station/viewing/issvis.html. In addition, information on International Space Station sighting opportunities can be found at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ on NASA’s Human Spaceflight website. The current location of the International Space Station can be found at http://science.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Additional satellite tracking resources can be found at http://www.spaceref.com/iss/tracking.html.
