STS-126

[Bj]

Right now (in orbiter) I would be coming in at 20 m/s

50 minutes till docking
650 feet left to go

 

[astrosammy]

delete

 

[Woo482]

is the docking on NASA tv now ?

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

RPM completed. Endeavour now lined up with PMA-2 and is GO for docking.

And yes, docking is on NASA TV now.

 

[Matt]

is the docking on NASA tv now ?

Yes.
Go for docking.

 

[Bj]

is the docking on NASA tv now ?

yes

Edit, is it getting red because its getting on the dark side of Earth?


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Nevermind

 

[DaveS]

is the docking on NASA tv now ?

Yes.:n00b:

 

[Woo482]

ok I am lucky I did not miss it

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

ETA for Endeavour at ISS is now 10.13!!!

 

[Bj]

Why do they have the camera that sees through the docking port a still camera? Why don't they make it a live camera feed?

 

[astrosammy]

It's just flying directly over Europe. Great feeling.

 

[DaveS]

Why do they have the camera that sees through the docking port a still camera? Why don't they make it a live camera feed?

It isn't a still camera. It's video camera used for alignment. The video is currently through the Sequential S-Band Video System(SSV). Currently the orbiter's KU band antenna doesn't have a line of sight(LoS) to a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite(TDRS).

 

[C3PO]

Why do they have the camera that sees through the docking port a still camera? Why don't they make it a live camera feed?

The centerline camera is a video camera, but when the orbiter is in KU-band LOS, it uses the S-band. This only allows for sequential stills to be transmitted down to Earth.

 

[Bj]

It isn't a still camera. It's video camera used for alignment. The video is currently through the Sequential S-Band Video System(SSV). Currently the orbiter's KU band antenna doesn't have a line of sight(LoS) to a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite(TDRS).

Then why do they have the SSV refresh so slow, or is that just the NASA tv and the commander is actually seeing a fast refresh rate?

Edit;

Is it slow because it takes so long to download each image?

 

[DaveS]

Then why do they have the SSV refresh so slow, or is that just the NASA tv and the commander is actually seeing a fast refresh rate.

You can only cram so much into the S-band, it's very limited. The CDR and the rest of the crew sees it through the orbiter's CCTV system, they don't have to wait for a downlink. And comm and telemetry obviously takes precedence over video which can be recorded onboard for later playback when they do have comms through KU.


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And we now have AOS through the KU band.

 

[djidji]

just found out about this nasa TV it is awesome

also tracking the flight here

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

 

[Bj]

There it is! finally...

 

[Missioncmdr]

10 feet to go.


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5 feet.


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Contact.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

They stick the ODS ring in a bit hard, don't they...

 

[C3PO]

They stick the ODS ring in a bit hard, don't they...

Not as hard as Orbiter does.