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Hubble
Space Telescope
Development Project - Code S
Excerpts from Weekly Reports
Friday | Nov.
16, 2001
Good progress continued on HST Servicing Mission (SM) 3B payload
processing at KSC. The first portion (pivots only) of the
FSS Comprehensive Performance Test (CPT) was successfully
completed.
The Second Axial Carrier (SAC) and Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment
(MULE) post shipment CPTs were successfully completed.
The truck containing several Orbital Replacement Units (ORU)
was received. It contained the Solar Array (SA) III Masts,
the Power Control Unit (PCU) Replacement (PCUR), and the Diode
Box Assembly (DBA) IIs. The +V2 Mast has been installed. Receiving
inspection and integration of the other hardware is currently
underway.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) completed its pre-ship
functional test. The instrument will be installed in its shipping
container next week.
The design, fabrication, and assembly of the following Near
Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling
System (NCS) hardware was accomplished: one relay box (Aft
Shroud Cooling System (ASCS) Relay Unit Breaker Assembly [ARUBA]),
two relay box controllers, and the W101B Harness.
Kennedy
Space Center
Vehicle: Columbia/OV-102
Shuttle & Payload Processing Status Report
Monday | Nov.
19, 2001
Pre-launch processing of Columbia continues in the Orbiter
Processing Facility (OPF). Airlock verification is in work
and preparations are under way to perform Auxiliary Power
Unit (APU) leak and functional tests and install the main
engine heat shields later this week.
Friday | Nov. 16, 2001
Columbia is in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) where
preparations continue for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing
mission. Work in progress includes leak checks following installation
of the main engines and airlock verification tests.
Tuesday | Nov. 13, 2001
In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF), Columbia's main
engines have been installed. Engine leak checks and potable
water servicing are in work.
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