| Date: | 2006-05-12 00:05:00 | |
| Sender: | Peter Shelus <Carey Noll <carey.noll@nasa.gov>> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 1462: 7080 MDOL: MLRS hood hydraulic system | |
| Author: | Peter Shelus | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2006-05-12 00:05:00 UTC Message No. 1462 ******************************************************************************** Author: Peter Shelus Subject: 7080 MDOL: MLRS hood hydraulic system The MLRS telescope´s hood hydraulic system failed early on 04 May 2006 (UTC) with the hood in an ”open” configuration. The hood was successfully closed with the help of McDonald Observatory Physical Plant personnel, using a special purpose extending fork lift. The cause of the failure has not yet been identified in spite of our swapping out the hydraulic pump. The pump manufacturer says that this unit is now obsolete (by a number of years) and that two direction pumps are no longer made. With it being now not possible to open the hood, the MLRS will not be ranging while we analyze the problem and then repair it. We will keep you informed. Pete ----- Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau NASA GSFC Code 690.5 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA E-mail: Carey.Noll@nasa.gov Voice: (301) 614-6542 Fax: (301) 614-6099 WWW: http://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov ”/DGFI3/home/slrmail/mbox” complete From: Carey Noll ******************************************************************************** |