That is (I guess now should be was!) correct. They stated that this was a known phenomenon that while they were working on the Russian segment the CMGs would go into overload (over 90 percent loading) so as stated earlier the complex went into drift mode to recover. So your earlier email was probably not too far out! We have a good pass shortly (if the mist clears enough and if I don't freeze while watching) - hopefully it will still be nice and steady :-) Robert. Wainuiomata New Zealand 41.261S 174.947E 104 m UTC plus 12 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Locker" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Leo Barhorst" <leobarhorst@zonnet.nl> Cc: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: Re: ISS EVA well under way > > > > They have gone to free drift mode because the gyro's in the russian > > > part were up to 90% of their maxium load and have to be reset. > > They have also just confirmed that this is because the crew are so far out , > on the complex. > I presume putting extra load on the gyros ? > > > John > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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