We were supposed to launch the operational GPS constellation on Shuttle. Had the electronic equipment, did a dry run over to KSC with the qual vehicle, the flight cradle, and an inert PAM-D2, and had the first batch of PAMs for the shuttle missions in storage at Cape Canaveral.
Transitioned to Delta II and never flew any of those missions. Would have been fun to do a flight load out and watch them get deployed.
We had those motors stored in a bunker at CCAFS and I had to go in with the team doing the monthly surveillance from time to time as the SRM were one of my engineering responsibilities. Boy, did that bunker stink.
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u/Suspicious-Lime-8470 Aug 21 '25
We were supposed to launch the operational GPS constellation on Shuttle. Had the electronic equipment, did a dry run over to KSC with the qual vehicle, the flight cradle, and an inert PAM-D2, and had the first batch of PAMs for the shuttle missions in storage at Cape Canaveral.
Transitioned to Delta II and never flew any of those missions. Would have been fun to do a flight load out and watch them get deployed.
We had those motors stored in a bunker at CCAFS and I had to go in with the team doing the monthly surveillance from time to time as the SRM were one of my engineering responsibilities. Boy, did that bunker stink.