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Topic: Determining space shuttle blanket locations
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danh
Member Posts: 12
From: Carmel, IN
Registered: Apr 2016
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posted 07-26-2016 04:53 PM
   
I'm relatively new to this — appreciate all the great information on this site! I purchased an Atlantis/STS-81 blanket. I have the part and serial number (part V070-363143-009, serial A03591). Is it possible to track down where this was actually used/located? Thanks!  |
danh
Member Posts: 12
From: Carmel, IN
Registered: Apr 2016
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posted 08-10-2016 08:43 PM
I've been looking through the Kennedy Media Gallery and ran across these pics of the FRCS: 1, 2. I've been curious to identify a ballpark location of where this blanket was used and this seems a likely candidate. Thoughts from the experts here? Thanks! |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-11-2016 07:09 AM
I can't help you with the blanket's location but those photos are amazing. I've never seen them before. |
danh
Member Posts: 12
From: Carmel, IN
Registered: Apr 2016
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posted 08-13-2016 08:44 PM
Just closing the loop on this. Stumbled upon this document referencing FRCS blankets V070-36xxxx which seems to confirm location. |
Little-Gizzmo
Member Posts: 11
From: Salem, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Registered: Nov 2016
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posted 02-07-2017 09:12 AM
I am looking for help identifying my thermal heat protection cover (TCS Blanket). There is stamped the Serial number on it: VO70_362163-009 and OCN-03955-AM3698 I could not find anything online except for thermal tiles. What I know, so far, is: VO means Vehicle/Orbiter and I expect the 3XXXX is for the fuselage. Thank you!Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1463
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 02-07-2017 11:44 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Little-Gizzmo:
What I know, so far, is: VO means Vehicle/Orbiter and I expect the 3XXXX is for the fuselage. Thank you!
It is V0 and not VO and it doesn't mean those words. They are just letters and numbers in Rockwell's drawing system. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-07-2017 01:08 PM
Jim, I have been under the impression it is VO70. I have seen other shuttle Orbiter drawings starting with VL70 and VT70. So the pattern for the Orbiter suggests two letters followed by 70-, followed by 6 numbers. Looking at drawings themselves it does look like it could be V070. If it is V070 then I have been spreading misinformation. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-07-2017 01:40 PM
Quoting a NASA fact sheet for educators: The first two elements of the serial number are letters 'VT' or 'VO'. The 'V' is for Vehicle, the 'O' is orbiter. |
Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-08-2017 07:16 AM
'VT', Vehicle-What? |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1463
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 02-08-2017 08:20 AM
quote:
Originally posted by space1:
So the pattern for the Orbiter suggests two letters followed by 70-, followed by 6 numbers.
I stand corrected. Some of my items have sloppy handwriting. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-08-2017 11:05 AM
"VO" has always been Vehicle Orbiter and/or Orbiter Vehicle as I often refer to it as, even going back to the late 1970s. I am thinking "VT" refers to Vehicle Test or something similar. I'll check further on it. |
Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-09-2017 05:58 AM
Thank you Ken. Reason I am inquiring is I have a large tile that begins with 'VT'. And thanks Robert for posting the link with the map of tile locations. I now know another tile I have was intended for the Vertical Stabilizer area. |
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