The purpose of this DTO is to ensure stable shuttle control system performance and acceptable loads on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) induced by shuttle jet firings.
During planned SSRMS handling of payloads, there will be a brief pause at a specific planned SSRMS geometric configuration in the trajectory. At this configuration, crew inputs to SSRMS motion will be commanded, followed by an SSRMS brakes-on command. This will be performed three times to excite two lateral bending modes and one torsion mode of the SSRMS, while the SSRMS data system in the end effector will be active to measure the SSRMS transient load response.
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