[MilCom] 259.7 Up HELP!

[Mike Riffle]

On 26-Jul-05 11:23, Stavro Giovani wrote:
 > Mike and friends
 > I heard all that stuff.  "Press to ATO"  What the heck does that mean?
 > and what about the rest?
 >>
 >> 10:41:51 "..Zaragoza"

Zaragoza Spain is one of the trans-Atlantic abort sites where the shuttle
could land in the event of an abort

 >> 10:44:18 "Discovery is press to ATO"

ATO - Abort To Orbit - Eileen was acknowledging that if one of the Space
Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) had failed at this point in the launch they
could still make orbit but at a much lower altitude (essentially the
mission to the ISS would have been over)

 >> 10:44:42 "Discovery is single engine ops 3"

This indicates what mode the onboard software is in. IIRC, Eileen has to
select this mode although I could be wrong on that.

 >> 10:45:26 "..to Zaragoza 104"

Another call indicating what mode the software is in.

Mike Riffle