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Too much going on...
Jun. 7th, 2003 11:20 amAn attempt to post last night at around 11 pm failed when my VAIO suddenly rebooted in the middle of the proceedings. After a day of translating documents related to the launch and failing to nap satisfactorily between 4 pm and the 9 pm start of the State Commission on the launch, I was too tired to care, especially in light of my upcoming schedule.
The launch went off on time and my duties as "color commentator" prevented me from watching the show, although the roar of the engines nearly drowned out my comments in the first seconds after liftoff. After concluding live coverage of the launch, I wandered down one floor to the communications room to support Iris B. and wait for the results of some post-insertion burns, which were eagerly anticipated by some VIPs.
The initial burns went off okay, thank goodness, and I'm at the hotel right now for lunch. There is one burn left in the sequence, after which the Breeze-M upper stage is to be jettisoned, at which point the worries of my end client (International Launch Services) come to an end and the the bird is considered to have been delivered to a geosynchronous orbit.
(I might also note that I've gotten several very good reviews of my job providing the live commentary, which is always pleasing.)
I haven't too much time to dawdle with the post. I'm supposed to be back at the Polet hotel (which is where the comm room is located) in time to report on the results of the 5th and final burn, which is to occur at 12:43 local time, after which we will wait for final delivery of orbital data, which is scheduled to occur by 4:10 pm.
I need to find out if my other assignment for the day (from 4 pm to 8 pm at building 50) is on or off. I suspect it may be the latter by default, as there does not seem to be much going on. Still...
Enough freewheeling. Time for lunch and then it's back to work!
Cheers...
The launch went off on time and my duties as "color commentator" prevented me from watching the show, although the roar of the engines nearly drowned out my comments in the first seconds after liftoff. After concluding live coverage of the launch, I wandered down one floor to the communications room to support Iris B. and wait for the results of some post-insertion burns, which were eagerly anticipated by some VIPs.
The initial burns went off okay, thank goodness, and I'm at the hotel right now for lunch. There is one burn left in the sequence, after which the Breeze-M upper stage is to be jettisoned, at which point the worries of my end client (International Launch Services) come to an end and the the bird is considered to have been delivered to a geosynchronous orbit.
(I might also note that I've gotten several very good reviews of my job providing the live commentary, which is always pleasing.)
I haven't too much time to dawdle with the post. I'm supposed to be back at the Polet hotel (which is where the comm room is located) in time to report on the results of the 5th and final burn, which is to occur at 12:43 local time, after which we will wait for final delivery of orbital data, which is scheduled to occur by 4:10 pm.
I need to find out if my other assignment for the day (from 4 pm to 8 pm at building 50) is on or off. I suspect it may be the latter by default, as there does not seem to be much going on. Still...
Enough freewheeling. Time for lunch and then it's back to work!
Cheers...
