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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996 (11:17 AM EST) MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3 VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Vehicle Assembly Building TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 7 at 7:32 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours CREW SIZE: 7 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The vehicle was transferred to the Vehicle Assembly Building yesterday with first motion occurring at 10:45 p.m. The vehicle will be lifted today and mated with the external tank. The Shuttle interface verification test will begin Friday. IN WORK TODAY: * Mate orbiter to external tank KEY STS-75 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Roll out to pad 39B (first motion at about 3 a.m. on Jan. 29) * Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Feb. 1-2) * Flight readiness review (Feb. 9) MISSION: STS-76 -- 3rd MIR DOCKING VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: March 21 at about 3:34 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: about 6 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: March 30 at about 7:39 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days CREW SIZE: 6 up -- 5 down ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: The payload premate tests are complete. Pre-installation check-outs of the Orbiter Docking System are in work. Also, main engine installation is in work today. KEY STS-76 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Install main engines (Jan. 24-25) * Install Orbiter Docking System (Jan. 25) * Crew equipment interface test (Feb. 8) MISSION: STS-77 -- SPACEHAB-4 & SPARTAN 207 VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: May 16 at 6:32 a.m. TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: May 26 at 8:42 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 10 days CREW SIZE: 6 ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 176 statute miles/39 degrees NOTE: The payload bay doors will be opened today for the first time since the vehicle landed. The Japanese satellite retrieved during the mission and the OAST-Flyer will be removed this weekend. A standard pressure test is scheduled for the Flash Evaporator System later in the week. IN WORK TODAY: * Open payload bay doors * Payload bay door latch functional tests * Preparations to deservice hypergolic reactants KEY STS-77 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Remove payloads (Jan. 27) * Complete hypergolic deservicing (Jan. 31) * Remove main engines (Feb. 16)