ISS Report #14
Conrad Kirksey (71575.1677@compuserve.com)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:26:39 -0500
Excerpt from:
http://shuttle.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/iss14.html
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT #14
2 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
With no major activities or checkouts planned this week, flight
controllers in Houston and Moscow continue to monitor the International
Space Station, reporting that all systems aboard are operating normally
and the spacecraft is in excellent condition.
The station has remained in a naturally stable orientation, with the
Unity module pointing toward Earth and the Zarya module pointed toward
deep space, slowly spinning at a rate of about one revolution each half
hour. This orientation conserves propellant and provides moderate
temperatures for the station. Flight controllers successfully completed
a round of deep-cycling the six station batteries housed in Zarya late
last week, individually fully discharging and recharging them as a
routine housekeeping procedure that optimizes the batteries'
performance. Similar deep-cycling activities will be conducted about
every two weeks.
On Sunday, Jan. 10, flight controllers plan to briefly stop the
station's spin to allow an update of the onboard guidance system,
another standard station maintenance activity that is performed
periodically. Following the update, the station will be commanded to
resume its spinning orientation, the preferred orientation for the
station as it awaits the next station assembly mission, a visit by the
Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-96 in May.
The International Space Station is in an orbit with a high point of 256
statute miles and a low point of 248 statute miles, circling Earth once
every 92 minutes.
Current opportunities available for locations worldwide to view the
station from the ground as it passes overhead can be found on the
internet at
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/
The progress of preparations for Discovery's upcoming visit to the
station can be found on the Kennedy Space Center's Space Shuttle status
report located on the internet at
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/status.htm
The next International Space Station status report is planned to be
issued on Wednesday, January 13, 1999.
Note: For further information, please contact the NASA Public Affairs
Office at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 281-483-5111.
Space Station Web Curator: Kim Dismukes
Responsible NASA Official: Radislav Sinyak
Con's note: There has been some discussion about ISS's position.
The information in this report fully describes it.
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Lat 29.7296 deg N, Lon -95.2920 deg W, 17 meters AMSL, CST=(UTC-6)
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