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STS-127 Countdown Timeline COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD Updated: July 14, 2009
Changes and additions: Editor's Note: The launch window is roughly 10 minutes long. To maximize ascent performance, NASA targets the middle of the window. A final hold in the countdown at the T-minus nine-minute mark will be extended as required to hit the desired launch time.
EDT...........EVENT Wednesday, July 15 08:38 AM......Resume countdown (T-minus 6 hours) 08:38 AM......LO2, LH2 transfer line chilldown 08:48 AM......Main propulsion system chill down 08:48 AM......LH2 slow fill 09:18 AM......LO2 slow fill 09:23 AM......Hydrogen ECO sensors go wet 09:28 AM......LO2 fast fill 09:31 AM......Crew medical checks 09:38 AM......LH2 fast fill 11:38 AM......LH2 replenish 11:38 AM......LO2 replenish 11:38 AM......Begin 2-hour 30-minute built-in hold (T-minus 3 hours) 11:38 AM......Closeout crew to white room 11:38 AM......External tank in stable replenish mode 11:53 AM......Astronaut support personnel comm checks 12:18 PM......Crew photo op (recorded) 12:23 PM......Pre-ingress switch reconfig 12:54 PM......NASA TV coverage begins 01:41 PM......Final crew weather briefing 01:51 PM......Crew suit up begins 02:08 PM......Resume countdown (T-minus 3 hours) 02:13 PM......Crew departs O&C building 02:43 PM......Crew ingress 03:33 PM......Astronaut comm checks 03:58 PM......Hatch closure 04:28 PM......White room closeout 04:48 PM......Begin 10-minute built-in hold (T-minus 20m) 04:58 PM......NASA test director countdown briefing 04:58 PM......Resume countdown (T-minus 20m) 04:59 PM......Backup flight computer to OPS 1 05:03 PM......KSC area clear to launch 05:09 PM......Begin final built-in hold (T-minus 9m) 05:39 PM......NTD launch status verification 05:54:10 PM...Resume countdown (T-minus 9m) 05:55:40 PM...Orbiter access arm retraction 05:58:10 PM...Launch window opens 05:58:10 PM...Hydraulic power system (APU) start 05:58:15 PM...Terminate LO2 replenish 05:59:10 PM...Purge sequence 4 hydraulic test 05:59:10 PM...IMUs to inertial 05:59:15 PM...Aerosurface steering profile 05:59:40 PM...Main engine steering test 06:00:15 PM...LO2 tank pressurization 06:00:20 PM...GOX vent arm retraction 06:00:35 PM...Fuel cells to internal reactants 06:00:40 PM...Clear caution-and-warning memory 06:01:10 PM...Crew closes visors 06:01:13 PM...LH2 tank pressurization 06:02:20 PM...Orbiter to internal power 06:02:39 PM...Shuttle computers take control of countdown 06:02:49 PM...SRB steering test 06:03:03 PM...Main engine start (T-6.6 seconds) 06:03:10 PM...SRB ignition (LAUNCH) |
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