Four days from now it will be the 19th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope by the shuttle Discovery.It was the most ambitious mission undertaken by NASA in the wake of the Challenger disaster.
I decided to post o few images of my simulation of this remarkable flight.
Many thanks to Roblin and xmariox - STS Missionpack 5.1,as well as gazza STS Payloads for all their work,which has made this insight possible.
The countdown
The lift-off
Roll program
Throttle up
SRB separation
Up hill
ET separation
On orbit,above Florida
Low hover position of HST above the payload bay.
High hover position of HST
Appendige release attitude
Just prior to release by RMS
A few post-release images of Shuttle,HST and South America
I decided to post o few images of my simulation of this remarkable flight.
Many thanks to Roblin and xmariox - STS Missionpack 5.1,as well as gazza STS Payloads for all their work,which has made this insight possible.
The countdown
The lift-off
Roll program
Throttle up
SRB separation
Up hill
ET separation
On orbit,above Florida
Low hover position of HST above the payload bay.
High hover position of HST
Appendige release attitude
Just prior to release by RMS
A few post-release images of Shuttle,HST and South America
