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To: limtex who wrote (5125)	6/8/1999 5:57:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

GLOBALSTAR GS-7 LAUNCH 08 June 1999 14:20:50 UTC CCAS Complex 17-B Boeing Delta II 7420-10C Launch Vehicle Rumour has it that there is a 3 minute launch window, so there isn't much time for undoing the mooring rope from the launch gantry. The launch attendant must have to run like mad to get clear once he's cast off because when the light the fuse, there's no turning back. Florida Today has the quickest news [as far as I know]. Countdown here: flatoday.com flatoday.com A few posts ago the dog leg timing and rocket burning sequence was in the thread. Here: Message 10019057 Also here: flatoday.com Just for interest sake, this is the kind of tight schedule they run a launch to [that's after it's 70 minutes up in space]. Separation Sequencer 15:30:10.00 Transmitter A On [I&II] 15:30:10.00 Transmitter B On [I&II] 15:30:10.25 SADA Disable (block CMD) 15:32:00.00 AOCS Actuator Disable (A&B) 15:32:00.00 Disable S-bnd htr [I&II] 15:32:00.25 Disable Comp htrs [I&II] 15:42:00.25 Inform AOCS - Mag Boom Deploy 15:42:00.25 Checkpoint & Advance [RTS1ACTV] 15:42:30.25 Arm M+R Pyros 15:42:30.75 Enable M+R Pyros 15:42:31.25 Mag Boom EED Ignition M+R [I] 15:42:31.25 Mag Boom EED Ignition M+R [II] 15:43:11.25 Enable Solar Array Deploy +Y 15:43:11.25 Checkpoint & Advance [RTS2ACTV] 15:43:11.25 Enable Solar Array Deploy -Y 15:43:21.25 OBPE A&B Actuator Enable 15:59:22.25 GPS turn-on 16:12:22.25 Inform AOCS - Solar Array Deploy 16:12:22.25 Begin Solar Array Deploy 16:12:22.25 Checkpoint & Advance [RTS3ACTV] 16:12:38.25 Enable Htr Monitor[I&II] 16:12:38.50 Set EOCV to 11 [I&II] 16:13:43.50 Set EOCV to 5 [I&II] 16:13:43.75 Checkpoint & Advance 16:13:44.00 Change Undies 16:13:49.00 Check Vegemite Supplies and Deploy Binoculars 17:36:00.01 Wave to Mqurice in New Zealand This seems much more organized than the Zenit launch. Rah! Rah! Rah! Globalstar. Maurice [Actually, I made up some of the separation sequence]

To: limtex who wrote (5125)	6/14/1999 11:01:00 AM
From: Rajala	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29987

>My GSM drops calls all the time even where coverage is supposed >to be good. Basically GSM sucks but everyone uses it and puts up >with the dropped calls and I guess no-one ever bothers to try and >get refunds from the service providers.. I never have because you >just can't be bothered and so I guess that the service providers >get a lot more revnue as a result but who cares. Basically GSM sucks because of dropped calls? What a lot of crap this one. As witnessed in Europe, GSM offers very reliable service with dropped calls below 4%, which is pretty good considering that the figure includes all the guys stepping into steel walled elevators while calling, batteries going flat mid talk and hapless youngsters being run over by trucks meanwhile yapping to their chicks. (Of course the operator can be crap where you come from, limtex, and probably is, somehow I get the idea.) And service providers getting a lot more revenue as a result of dropped calls? Sure. - rajala