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MISSION:
STS-99 -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
(SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105
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| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
January 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
February 11, 2000 at
4:55 p.m. EST |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
2 hours and 2 minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
11 days and 4 hours |
| CREW |
Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
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| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
126 nautical miles/57 degrees |
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| Work in
progress |
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The launch countdown for STS-99 is under way and
preparations for launch of Shuttle Endeavour on Jan. 31 continue. Mission
managers convened a standard prelaunch review today at KSC and announced that
all Shuttle program elements are ready to support launch operations on Monday,
pending completion of an ongoing main engine fuel pump seal evaluation. Shuttle
managers will assemble again tomorrow at 2 p.m. to discuss that final issue.
A defective nickel seal was flown on a main
engine fuel pump on Shuttle Discovery’s last flight, mission STS-103. Though
Discovery’s engine performance was not affected, post-flight inspections at
KSC detected a debonding of the nickel seal from its alloy backing. The seal is
located between the turbine blade and pump housing. The fuel pump and seal were
disassembled and underwent indepth analysis at the Boeing Rocketdyne
manufacturing plant in Canoga Park, CA.
Shuttle weather forecasters indicate a 70 percent
chance of favorable weather on Monday. The forecast calls for scattered clouds
at 3,000 feet, broken at 10,000 feet, and broken at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7
miles; winds from the northwest at 12 peaking to 18 knots; temperature at 63
degrees F; relative humidity at 55 percent; dewpoint at 44 degrees F; and no
threat of precipitation. The primary concern is the possibility of thick clouds
that could violate launch criteria for triggered lightning.
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| Processing
Milestones |
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Power
reactant storage and distribution system loaded |
Jan.
29 |
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Rotating
Service Structure retracted |
Jan. 30
at about 6:30 p.m. |
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External
tank loading |
Jan.
31, 4:30 - 7:30 a.m. |
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SUMMARY
OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-99 |
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T-TIME |
LENGTH OF HOLD |
HOLD BEGINS |
HOLD ENDS |
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T-27 hours |
4 hours |
9:30 a.m. Sat. |
1:30 p.m. Sat. |
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T-19 hours |
4 hours |
9:30 a.m. Sat. |
1:30 p.m. Sat. |
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T-11 hours |
12 hours, 57 minutes |
9:30 a.m. Sun. |
10:27 p.m. Sun. |
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T-6 hours |
1 hour |
3:27 a.m. Mon. |
4:27 a.m. Mon. |
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T-3 hours |
2 hours |
7:27 a.m. Mon. |
9:27 a.m. Mon. |
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T-20 minutes |
10 minutes |
12:07 p.m. Mon. |
12:17 p.m. Mon. |
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T-9 minutes |
10 minutes |
12:28 p.m. Mon. |
12:38 p.m. Mon. |
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CREW
FOR MISSION STS-99 |
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| POSITION |
NAME |
| Commander
(CDR) |
Kevin
Kregel |
| Pilot
(PLT) |
Dom
Gorie |
| Mission
Specialist (MS1) |
Gerhard
Thiele |
| Mission
Specialist (MS2) |
Janet
Kavandi |
| Mission
Specialist (MS3) |
Janice
Voss |
| Mission
Specialist (MS4) |
Mamoru
Mohri |
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SUMMARY
OF STS-99 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
Monday, Jan. 31 |
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| 12:30 a.m. |
Wake up Blue
Team (PLT, MS3 and MS4) |
| 1:00 a.m. |
Blue Team
breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Wake up Red
Team (CDR, MS1 and MS2) |
| 8:22 a.m.* |
Blue Team
lunch/Red Team breakfast and photo |
| 8:52 a.m. |
Weather
briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2) |
| 8:52 a.m.* |
Don launch
and entry suits (MS1, MS3 & MS4) |
| 9:02 a.m.* |
Don launch
and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2) |
| 9:32 a.m.* |
Depart for
Launch Pad 39A |
| 10:02 a.m.* |
Arrive at
white room and begin ingress |
| 11:17 a.m.* |
Close crew
hatch |
| 12:47 p.m.* |
Launch |
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*Televised
events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern |
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