Subsystem #5
Stabilization and Control
ALL SUBSYSTEMS contained an interface to the Telemetry subsystem, to provide subsystem states and temperature, voltage and current data for inclusion into the telemetry downlink stream to report subsystem states and health for use in ground assessment of vehicle health, as the vehicle appeared over a tracking station.
TELEMETRY SUBSYSTEM TRACKING SUBSYSTEM POWER/THERMAL SUBSYSTEM HEATERS AND BATTERIES – EAGLE PICHER SQUIBS/ETC – HARD TO TEST PRELAUNCH SCR USED TO FIRE – HI CURRENT SCRs PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL - PAINT MECHANICAL SUBSYSTEM SENSOR SUBSYSTEMS (2) OA SUBSYSTEM RV SUBSYSTEM LIFEBOAT SUBSYSTEM HITCHUP MODE FOR FIRST 3 VEHICLES EXPENDABLES MANAGEMENT TREATISE FIELD RETROFITS VERY LITTLE REDUNDANCY 209 BULKHEAD HARDWARE DEFINITIONS FOR LAYMEN GROUND TRACE, INCLINATION, Q, PASS PARAMETERS - ACQ, MID AND FADE CONES, OBSCURA LAUNCH TRAJECTORY AND REASONS FOR DATA LINES AND MALFUNCTIONS THERETO TLM PROCESSING AND REPORTING GROUND CONTROL SOFTWARE ON ORBIT TIMELINES – PUSH TO SHORTEN FOURTH SHIFT AND ITS’ IMPORTANCE MCD, BFE AND DAILY REPORT MISSION PROFILE GENERATION TOOLS PRELAUNCH EXECUTION TO PICK ORBIT RTS’S FULFILLING UNIQUE NEEDS SPECIAL PAYLOAD ISSUES CORN EXERCISES SNOW EVENTS SPECIAL COLOR/UTB HANDLING PLATEN PBF FINE/COARSE TLM DAILY WX CARDS - LAT/LON/REV SAMPLE ALGORITHM SAMPLE MINI OAs-VALVE FIRE IMPINGEMENT PET/PFA TEAM RRRRRR OAs FOR PERIGEE LOCATION CORRECTION INPUT CARDS 80 COLUMNS POST FLIGHT REPORTS – 5 AND 30 DAY SECURITY NEEDS AND HANDICAPS COMPUTER SYSTEMS CONTINGENCY PLANS IF POWER LOST IN STC GROUND STATIONS – RTS, SCF AND VAN COMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION RTS TLM TAPES – COURIER & HAND CARRY ANOMALIES – TO WALNUT AND TIKI ROOMS FIRST AUGIE TLM DATA HANGER QUEENS VS CLEAN TEST CYCLE CREW CROSS FERTILIZATION VS SAME SHIFT CARDS TO ENT BY MISTAKE GENERAL ANOMALIES TORQUE WRENCH IN RV REDUNDANT SQUIB NO FIRE SEEN 3-13 N2 VS FREON FILL CONTACT PROBLEM MEANT LEFT STATION WITH DOWNLINK ON OVER BAD AREAS Hung up in a Delay Line POSSIBLE LOOSE BLANKET BATTERY LOST 9.28 VS 4.47 PADLOAD TIME ERROR LINE DRIVER OUT & BAD DATA TIRED CREW DOOR BLOWN OPEN-BAD THERMAL STATE NO OCV DOWNLINK AFTER RV RETRO Clock Oscillator Oven Failure PREPRESS BRIEFING AND OTHER GROUPS ATTENDING SUBJECTS PASS PLAN APPROVAL PASS PLAN CONTENTS AND SAMPLE SUPPORTING GROUPS 201 EFFECT 209 BULKHEAD 1963-1965 PRELAUCH EFFORT INCLUDING REHS 1965-1967 PRELAUNCH EFFORT INCLUDING REHS RECOVERY TIMELINE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE NOMINAL AND NON-NOMINAL EVENTS DEBOOST COMMANDS/ETC BLACKOUT AND PLAYBACK RCC/OILCAKE FUNCTIONS AND REPORTING REHEARSALS REHEARSAL CONDUCTION ANOMALIES TO TEST SYSTEM AND PROCS ========================================= STABILIZATION AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEM 3 AXIS STABILIZATION, ROLL, PITCH, YAW VALVES ON 209 BULKHEAD IN R/P/Y FIRING CAUSED MINI OAs SCANNERS, VALVES, ENGINES, GYROS (IRU) GIMBAL TO KEEP SCANNERS LOOKING DOWN SWITCHING LINES X/Y DEGREES COARSE/FINE/HI/LOW DBANDS/THRUST GYROS, ACAs, SCANNERS EARTH/SKY COLD GAS MANAGEMENT PRESSURE/TEMP FOR MASS REMAINING PITCH ORBITAL RATE BIAS 4 DEGS/MINUTE COLD CLOUD PROBLEM SOUTHERN HEMI SYSTEM HORIZON INHIBIT TRANSFER BX VALVE COVERING WHEN VALVES ENABLED COMMAND SUBSYSTEM 1, 0 AND S’S – PPD – DELAY LINE COMMAND INFO BETWEEN TKG PULSES 125/126 – 701/702 COMMANDING HARDWARE TAPE OR DIAL TYPE AND NUMBER BOSS STATION COMMENT RELAY BOX, DECODERS SELECTIVE ERASE SPOOFS AND REJECTS POWER SEQUENCER AND TUROFF TIMER SSPC/VSPC COMMANDS ALSO RTCS CERTAIN SECURE COMMANDS NEEDED KEY 4 DELAY LINE MEMORY 2K EACH 50 X 40 I/O TO MAGNETOSTRICTIVE WIRE DOWN TO 1 VENDOR AT PROGRAM END VENDOR STOPPING PRODUCTION ON CMDS LOADED BEFORE OFF CMDS ECHO CHECK PAPER TAPE MESSAGE TO RTS AND BACK PARALLEL VERSUS SERIAL WEIGHT AID 3 WIRES – DATA, CLOCK AND READ SERIAL TO PARALLEL AT RECV’G END TELEMETRY SUBSYSTEM PAM/FM, CONTINUOUS, AND COMMUTATED 3-13 GOOD ADD FOR TROUBLESHOOTERS TAPE RECORDER AND PLAYED BACK PB CONFUSING SO 3 BIT COUNTER MULTIPLEXERS, SCOs TRANSMITTERS TRACKING SUBSYSTEM 1, 0 AND S PULSES – PPD – DELAY LINE BETWEEN 26 US TRACKING GOALPOSTS 1 & 0s TO COMMAND SUBSYSTEM UPCONVERTERS TO RETURN TKG PULSES RECEIVER AND TRANSMITTER POWER/THERMAL SUBSYSTEM HEATERS AND BATTERIES SQUIBS/ETC – HARD TO TEST PRELAUNCH SCR USED TO FIRE – HI CURRENT SCRs PASSIVE THERMAL CONTROL - PAINT MECHANICAL SUBSYSTEM DOOR LIM SWITCH VS POTENTIOMETER HARD TO TEST IN 1 G AND NOT HURT HW PEOPLE PLAYING GRAVITY AT VAFB OUTER DOOR & INNER DOOR MAGNETOMETER BOOM CONTROL/PROTECT SENSOR SUBSYSTEMS (2) PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OA SUBSYSTEM 2 ENGINES - HYDRAZINE AND N2O4 ENGINES ON VIA SECURE COMMANDS THRUST ALIGNED THRU VEH CG - HARD RV SUBSYSTEM ADAPTER, SEP, ROCKET & RCVRY PROGRMR SECURE COMMANDS CUT/SEAL AND SEP DETAILED TIMELINE THEN ANOMALY ONE SCARY TRAWLERS TO 18 THEN 34 YAW REVERSE – PITCH DOWN FIRST LIFEBOAT BACKUP RCC C119 OILCAKE REPORTS EVENT # FREON VS NITROGEN LOAD ERROR PROVEN BY S/S FLUCTUATION RATE PROVEN BY SPIN RATE 1 OF 2 SETS OF SQUIBS DIDN’T FIRE PROVEN BY 3-13 TOTAL CURRENT RV DRAWING RED/BLACK LINES NO OCV DOWNLINK AFTER RETRO ONCE SEPARATION PLUNGERS WITH SPRINGS TLM VERIFY AND TIPOFF RATE RECORD THRU IONIZATION BLACKOUT AREA AND PLAYBACK LATER MISSING RV BEACON TURNOFF WRENCH BEACON ON WHOOPING TO EAST? BALANCING AT VAFB FOR SPIN CONTROL WEIGHT IN BOTTOM, BBS TAPED IN SOME RVS REFLOWN RECOVERY AIDS WHOOPING BEACON TO DF, LIGHT, DYE ORANGE CHUTE SIGNAL STRENGTH/DIRECTION HELPED SINK PLUG 40 -0/+32 HOURS THEN SUNK RECOVERY TIMELINE HARDWARE/SOFTWARE NOMINAL AND NON-NOMINAL EVENTS DEBOOST COMMANDS/ETC BLACKOUT AND PLAYBACK RCC/OILCAKE FUNCTIONS & REPORTING LIFEBOAT SUBSYSTEM-BACKUP RECOVERY USE COULD OPEN PRIMARY COMMAND LINK ZEKE, KIK ZEKE, GAS, TIMER 0 AND 5400 SECS THEN 90 SECS USE 3 AXIS MAGNETOMETERS REQUIRED PRIMARY GAS DISABLED HITCHUP MODE FOR FIRST 3 VEHICLES LIMITATION INCURRED NADIR ONLY POST RV RCVRY, FLEW A NEW MISSION BATTERY AND GAS SAVED FOR SOLO CHECK OF OCV 3 AXIS STAB CHECK OF OCV DEBOOST EXPENDABLES MANAGEMENT TREATISE BATTERY POWER, ATT CNTRL GAS OA PROPELLANT – PROB NOT AS IMPORTANT RECORDING MEDIA FIELD RETROFITS VERY LITTLE REDUNDANCY 209 BULKHEAD HARDWARE SCANNERS, VALVES, ENGINES, GYROS (IRU) DEFINITIONS FOR LAYMEN GROUND TRACE, INCLINATION, Q, PASS PARAMETERS - ACQ, MID AND FADE CONES, OBSCURA LAUNCH TRAJECTORY AND REASONS FOR POLAR ORBIT– METHOD VELOCIMETER, MARMON CLAMP SKIN TRAK - FIRST ALERT ON ORBIT 4 PIECES REPORTED BUT OK LATER GOOD ORBIT PREDICT GRAPHS/TABLES COMMENT BY GENERAL ATLAS AND AGENA BOOSTERS PADLOAD WIDENING FOR BAD INJECTION DATA LINES AND MALFUNCTIONS THERETO COULD BE TAP ADDED & NOT DETECTED TRAWLER CUT LINE 5 PLACES ON THURS EXPENDABLES GONE IF NOT FIXED ASAP ALSO SINGLE BREAK AT LEAST ONCE TLM PROCESSING AND REPORTING AUGIE (MODES), VOICE, STRIP CHARTS SOC CONSOLE, ORD GROUPS RTS GND STA DECOM & REPORT POSTPASS ONLY AT ANOMALY TIME? TIRED CREW HURT ANALYSIS ONCE GROUND CONTROL SOFTWARE GENIE TOSP TMPGP GMINT GCONTACT GCOMMAND – FIRST VERSION TPREP TPAT TMOP AND??? – LATER VERSION DECK LISTINGS USED AND REVIEWED ALTER MODE MESSAGES TO RTS’s RETURNED & CHECKED ON ORBIT TIMELINES – PUSH TO SHORTEN TIMELINE CRUNCH DAY IN LIFE MESSAGE UPDATES HARD W/ANOMALY FOURTH SHIFT AND ITS’ IMPORTANCE MCD, BFE AND DAILY REPORT PREPRESS BRIEFING AND OTHER - ATTENDEES MISSION PROFILE GENERATION MANUAL GEN – LOAD STAs & SPANs PICKED RUN DECKS WITH SPANS SET DURING REHS BAD INJECTION RUINED PROFILE/DECKS LOAD DECK – SAMPLE MISSION PROFILE – SAMPLE TOOLS PRELAUNCH EXECUTION PI SEARCH INPUT AND RESULTS RESULT PICKED ORBIT FOR NEXT MISSION THEN FULL NEW DECK FOR NEXT USE ONE HIGH PRI MAYBE FROM OTHER ORG AND MAYBE AFTER 1965 RTS’S FULFILLING UNIQUE NEEDS COOK, POGO, HULA SPECIAL PAYLOAD ISSUES CORN EXERCISES - SKETCH SLEEPING GND SUPPORT, PLANE SEEN SNOW EVENTS MANUAL DOWN N STOPS ON FEW IDs SPECIAL COLOR/UTB HANDLING GOOD GLUE FINE/COARSE TLM USED TO SCHEDULE PLATEN PBF FINE/COARSE TLM VIA RTC AND SPC RTCS FROM STATION PANICKED SO DAILY WX CARDS - LAT/LON/REV SAMPLE ALGORITHM SAMPLE MINI OAs PET TEAM CLOCK TIME ON EDGE OAs FOR PERIGEE LOCATION CORRECTION INPUT CARDS 80 COLUMNS FIELDS AND DESCRIPTIONS POST FLIGHT REPORTS – 5 AND 30 DAY SECURITY NEEDS AND HANDICAPS COMPUTER SYSTEMS SST AND AMT WITH CORRECTOR DECK 91 VERSUS FEW LEGAL ONES BIRD BUFFER, 160A AND OTHERS COMPUTER DOWN & SWITCHING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE AND COMPUTER PROB CLEANING AREA WHEN GIVING UP SYSTEM UNCLEARED OPERATORS EARLY ON THEN LIST 2 LTAB CORRS BUT NOT USED CDC160 PRINTED OUTPUT TAPE DRIVES AND LATER REMOVABLE DISK CARD PUNCH INCIDENT BROKEN BELT CONTINGENCY PLANS IF POWER LOST IN STC SIMULATED TO PALO ALTO, ALMOST TO LA NEXT SHIFT WAS TO REPORT TO MOFFETT ADVANCED MAN TO LA ONCE, STAFF CAR BACKUP POWER GENERATORS EARLY GROUND STATIONS – RTS, SCF AND VAN MICROWAVE LINK FROM VAFB COMMUNICATIONS BACK LINE, TROPO SCATTER, 1200/2400 BITS TTY MESSAGE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION DATA HANDLERS, DECOLLATE 6 PART 160A PRINTER FROM SO TAPE, NOT ON SYS2X 1ST 2 TO TA, 1 TO 10A TAPES – COURIER HAND CARRY ARMED SURVEILLANCE ALSO USED PO BOX FOR ALL DOCS USING REGISTERED MAIL PO BREAKIN PO BOX LOCATION CHANGED ANOMALIES – TO WALNUT AND TIKI FIRST AUGIE-NOT ROBUST 1ST FEW FLIGHTS HANGER QUEENS VS CLEAN TEST CYCLE VAFB DROP TEST, BB’S HEARD CREW CROSS FERTILIZATION VS SAME SHIFT CARDS TO ENT BY MISTAKE GENERAL ANOMALIES TORQUE WRENCH IN RV MAYBE TWICE ? TOOL CRIB COUNT STARTED CUSTOMER RETURNED WRENCH OBSERVED ON COOK TELEMETRY REDUNDANT SQUIB NO FIRE SEEN 3-13 N2 VS FREON FILL SIGNAL STRENGTH EVIDENCE SPIN/DESPIN RATE EVIDENCE SIMULATOR PREDICTED NEW RATE CONTACT PROBLEM MEANT LEFT STATION WITH DOWNLINK ON OVER BAD AREAS POSSIBLE LOOSE BLANKET BATTERY LOST 9.28 VS 4.47 PADLOAD TIME ERROR LINE DRIVER OUT & BAD DATA TIRED CREW UNCAGE Y GYRO/F- DOOR BLOWN OPEN BAD THERMAL STATE NO OCV DOWNLINK AFTER RV RETRO FREON RULON/SHRADER VALVE OPEN PREPASS BRIEFING GROUPS ATTENDING SUBJECTS PASS PLAN APPROVAL PASS PLAN CONTENTS AND SAMPLE STATION BRIEF BEFORE VEHICLE ACQ SUPPORTING GROUPS 201 EFFECT 1962-1965 PRELAUNCH EFFORT INCLUDING REHS 1965-1967 PRELAUNCH EFFORT INCLUDING REHS NETWORK REHEARSALS REHEARSAL CONDUCTION ANOMALIES TO TEST SYSTEM AND PROCS