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A-OK! THE WINGS OF MERCURY 2.1 Flight Operations Manual By Joseph Nastasi Table of Contents Overview 1.1 System Requirements 1.1 Installation 1.2 Problems 1.2 Getting Started 1.3 Sub-Orbital Mission Description 2.1 Orbital Mission Description 2.4 Spacecraft General Description 3.1 Launch Vehicle General Description 3.5 Attitude Control System Description 4.1 Attitude Control System Operation 4.6 General Attitude Control Tips 4.9 Programmer Description & Description 5.1 Environmental Control System Description 6.1 Environmental Control System Operation 6.2 Electrical System Description & Operation 7.1 Communications System Description & Operation 8.1 Ground Station Map 8.3 Retrograde Description & Operation 9.1 Recovery Zone Map 9.3 Reentry System Description & Operation 10.1 Landing System Description & Operation 11.1 Abort System Description & Operation 12.1 Countdown Procedures 13.1 Switch Operation 14.1 Hand Controller Operation 14.3 Telelight and Warning Indicators 14.4 Panel Selection Palette 15.1 Control Panel Descriptions 15.1 Menu Descriptions 16.1 Simulation Failure Scenarios 17.1 Sample Mission Profiles 17.4 Mission Profiler Utility 17.6 In-Flight Experiments 18.1 Sub-Orbital Flight Plan 19.1 Sub-Orbital Checklist 19.1 Sub-Orbital Emergency Checklist 19.3 Orbital Flight Plan 19.6 Orbital Checklist 19.6 Orbital Emergency Checklist 19.9 Mission Evaluation Report 20.1 Simulator Design Philosophy 21.1 Glossary Index Acknowledgements Joseph Nastasi wishes to thank the following individuals: Jeff Billings, Lou Chinal, Andreas Klostermaier, Al Moulder, Cliff Perrenod, Keith Scala, Glen Swanson and Frank Vaughn for inspiration, support and beta testing! Sheila, Nick, Julian and Sierra for their love and support. Copyrights & trademarks Copyright © 1994-1998, Joseph Nastasi. All rights reserved. Contents of this publication may not reproduced in any form without permission from Joseph Nastasi. “A-OK! The Wings of Mercury” are trademarks of Joseph Nastasi. Other trademarks owned by their respective companies. This program incorporates the following software products: I…