To: All
The Orbiter Closeout Crew is leaving the launch pad now.
96 posted on
09/09/2006 6:55:43 AM PDT by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: All
T-minus 20 minutes and holding. The countdown has paused for a 10-minute built-in hold. Launch remains scheduled for 11:14:55 a.m. EDT.
During this built-in hold, all computer programs in Firing Room 4 of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center will be verified to ensure that the proper programs are available for the countdown; the landing convoy status will be verified and the landing sites will be checked to support an abort landing during launch today; the Inertial Measurement Unit preflight alignment will be verified completed; and preparations are made to transition the orbiter onboard computers to Major Mode 101 upon coming out of the hold. This configures the computer memory to a terminal countdown configuration.
98 posted on
09/09/2006 7:00:00 AM PDT by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
There one more planned hold after this? Right?
99 posted on
09/09/2006 7:00:37 AM PDT by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
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