<\/font><\/font> <\/font>**LIVE LAUNCH UPDATES \u2013 Discovery STS-116**<\/font><\/em> Extensive Launch Coverage.<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n <\/font> NEWSFLASHES: DELAY IN RSS ROLLBACK WAS DUE TO HUMAN ERROR AND EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS. Article:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Today\u2019s attempt follows Thursday night\u2019s scrub before coming out of the T-5 minute hold. Information that followed after the scrub noted that the cancellation was more related to a delay in the relaying of information from the weather officer \u2013 before the window ran out on the attempt.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n Delays in the rollback of the RSS (Rotation Service Structure) and other operations in the launch flow have also placed doubts over the continuation of the countdown into the afternoon.<\/p>\n Given the countdown operations being behind schedule, there are some notes of concern that the External Tank won\u2019t be able to stay in stable replenishment of the propellants in the tank long enough for the propellant to be \u2018dense enough.\u2019<\/p>\n Following 90 minutes of replenishment, this is now deemed as within flight experience.<\/p>\n \u2018With just under two additional hours, the LOX density will be well within flight experience and not a problem for the Block-II SSMEs,\u2019 noted a source \u2018We\u2019re predicting a slightly lower than average density, but again \u2013 within flight experience.\u2019<\/p>\n Also no longer an issue is the information gained yesterday, noting a \u2018large\u2019 air intrusion into the LH2 Tail Service Mask (TSM)<\/font> <\/font> \u2018There was a spike in GH2 detected at the T-0 umbilical right after start of LH2 topping (last night), apparently due to a new piece of hardware at the disconnect. There was a surge of cold GH2 gas which pushed the seal apart, briefly, allowing some small leakage,\u2019 noted a source, who said this is no longer a concern.<\/p>\n \u2018The max noted at LD25 was 17,400 PPM \u2013 the LCC limit is 44,000 ppm. Another leak detector in the area, LD23, saw an increase in GH2 concentration \u2013 up to 12,000 ppm. Same LCC limit applies there.\u2019<\/font><\/font> <\/p>\n **LIVE LAUNCH UPDATES \u2013 Discovery STS-116**<\/font><\/em> Extensive Launch Coverage.<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n **INFINITY: 10 minute STS-115 MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em> \u2013 **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/p>\n <\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA are attempting to launch Shuttle Discovery for the second time in the current STS-116 launch window, with hopes raised after the potential of a weather violation was reduced to 30 percent no go. Countdown preparations are currently behind schedule, but now that tanking is proceeding without issue, Discovery should still be able to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}**Ride home through the fire and plasma of re-entry with Atlantis \u2013 Stunning 2hr, 355mb video**<\/p>\n
Key Events<\/u><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/75.126.85.10\/Status\/orbiter_ok.png\")
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GO FOR TANKING, with re-evalution later.
IF GO FOR TANKING, IT WILL BE THE SHORTEST LOX REPLENISH SINCE STS-97.
GO FOR TANKING AFTER EVALUATION. TANKING ON BOTH TANKS IN PROGRESS.
ECO SENSORS PASSED SIM TEST. BOTH TANKS IN FAST FILL. NOW COMPLETE.
NO MAJOR ISSUES IN WORK. CROSSWINDS STILL FORECAST NO GO OVER SLF FOR RTLS ABORT AT T-0.
FORECAST NOW MOVING TO FAVORABLE. ONLY 30 PERCENT NO GO NOW.
<\/font>ALL UPDATES NOW MOVED TO UPDATE THREAD. GOD SPEED DISCOVERY.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/font><\/p>\n
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