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In a radical departure from all my previous campaigns, I have yet to spend time at the pad or on the service tower that is currently wrapped around the integrated launch vehicle that's on the pad. There are no fairings to sign (that's done indoors now) and there are no operations required to install or remove special hardware to keep the satellite's batteries cool while they charge.
(The satellite's batteries are designed to provide power from the time the rocket lifts off until a set of explosive bolts are actuated to release the solar arrays, which will provide power to the satellite for the rest of its service life.)
My big job for the day involved transcribing the Khrunichev Program Manager's remarks made at the verticalization yesterday, and then coming up with suitable words that, when spoken, take the same amount of time to speak as the original Russian. There were some other details to take care of, as well, mostly having to do with communications.
Tomorrow, a number of campaign participants will travel to town to help celebrate Baikonur's 55th anniversary. The bus leaves at 7:30 am, and I am to be on it, so I better get some shuteye.
Cheers...
(The satellite's batteries are designed to provide power from the time the rocket lifts off until a set of explosive bolts are actuated to release the solar arrays, which will provide power to the satellite for the rest of its service life.)
My big job for the day involved transcribing the Khrunichev Program Manager's remarks made at the verticalization yesterday, and then coming up with suitable words that, when spoken, take the same amount of time to speak as the original Russian. There were some other details to take care of, as well, mostly having to do with communications.
Tomorrow, a number of campaign participants will travel to town to help celebrate Baikonur's 55th anniversary. The bus leaves at 7:30 am, and I am to be on it, so I better get some shuteye.
Cheers...
