>> chris ferguson asking capcom barry wilmore to make sure the team here is looking over their shoulders to make sure they don't miss anything in the post-insertion checklist. again the ku band antenna will be deployed soon. once the payload bay doors are open, that will enable a high data rate telemetry and down link television capability from the shuttle. >> atlantis, block three does look good to us. nice work.

we heard capcom doing checks with the crew. all the different systems, of the choreography over many years and decades been honed to the point where you get this to a minimum because we want to spend a minimum time out at the had once the vehicle is fuelled. this is down to a tight choreography to get everything done safely and get the crew out as quickly as we can. the faster you can do it the last time you are lying on your back which is a nice thing. there is a good shot at the panel they were standing on. you see his foot on the yellow tape on that panel. everything with yellow and black or red tape is very bearish because you don't want to miss it. they have these huge red tags that you see on airplanes, they have this banner hanging down. you notice the court for the camera. is not a camera that goes on orbit. it is a camera we use to show folks like we are now what happens inside the vehicle and randy will pull that out when he goes. if you look at the right hand part of the picture you see that yellow cable that looks k

. >> the call from capcom -- >> reporter: our colleague, jim oberg. >> no action required. >> reporter: jim oldberg in mission control reporting she's now 46 miles off daytona, 17 miles high. >> 16 miles down rage from the kennedy space center, 1 minutes, 40 seconds into the flight. "atlantis" flexing its muscles one final time. "atlantis" traveling almost 2,600 miles an hour, 21 miles in altitude, 24 miles down range, standing by for solid rocket booster separation. >> reporter: this picture is from a camera on board the external fuel tank. there goes the solids. they are now separating. there they are. falling away. you can see them. >> a good solid rocket booster separation. guidance now converging. the main engine steering the shuttle on a pinpoint path to its preliminary orbit. 2 minutes, 20 seconds into the flight, "atlantis" 35 miles in altitude, 50 miles down rage. just passed daytona beach. >> system engines have ignited. "atlantis" kicking on its afterburners for 1 minutes, 23 seconds for the final phase of powered flight. >> reporter: perfect. >> "atlantis," two engine tal.

. >> reporter: after we run through our tests, we wait for the go from capcom. >> you can sit back andeporter: countdown to liftoff and then the change in scenery. >> oh, look at the stars. so you get into space pretty quickly? >> yes. >> how fast are we going can? >> we're going up to 4gs. >> 4gs. >> reporter: once we're in space, it's time to suit up for a space walk. here we go! going into space. so explain to me what i'm going to be doing. >> you are going to be using our arm to go up and repair the satellite. there's a damaged antenna that you guys need to replace. >> reporter: strapped in, up i go, to fix a satellite. >> you'll reattach it in that exact location. push it in, click. >> got it. >> good job. >> reporter: got it. >> all right. >> all systems look good. >> reporter: mission accomplished. so far, so good for my training day, until the final test. >> you ready, clayton? >> yeah. >> the centrifuge, aaka, the vomit comet, which reaches 3.2 gs. >> how you all doing? >> good. >> just shy of full throttle, i was done. oh, my gosh. i had to stop. it was too hot. it was too ho

. >> chris ferguson asking capcom barry wilmore to make sure the team here is looking over their shoulders to make sure they don't miss anything in the post-insertion checklist. again the ku band antenna will be deployed soon. once the payload bay doors are open, that will enable a high data rate telemetry and down link television capability from the shuttle. >> atlantis, block three does look good to us. nice work. [no audio] [no audio] >> the electrical systems officer here in mission control reports that the crew has begun the process of turning on the lights in the payload bay. that in advance of the operation of the systems by rex walheim and chris ferguson to actually open the doors, deploy the radiators, and setting the stage for a go for on-orbit operations. atlantis crossing the pacific at an altitude of 143 by 97 statute miles. soon to cross the equator, moving from southwest to northeast in an orbit incline 51.6 degrees to either side of the equator. >> block five complete, houston. >> we copy. block five, complete. thanks for keeping us tied in. >> block four is in. >> [inaudib