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MISSION:
STS-101
-- 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2a) - SPACEHAB DM |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104/ |
| LOCATION |
Launch
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
May
18, 2000 at about 6:33 a.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
May
28 or 29 (depending upon ISS rendezvous) |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
5
minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
or 11 days |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz,
Weber,
Williams,
Voss,
Helms,
Usachev |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Shuttle
Processing Note |
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NASA managers today set May 18 as the target launch
date for Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-101 following a thorough
evaluation of launch options for both STS-101 and the Atlas GOES-L mission.
Managers decided the need to preserve full satellite weather capability with a
launch of Atlas GOES-L as scheduled on May 3 was a higher priority than an
earlier launch of Atlantis to visit the International Space Station. May 18 is
the earliest available opportunity due to other planned launches and operational
requirements on the Eastern Range.
At Launch Pad 39A, Shuttle Atlantis remains in
excellent health. Shuttle workers have completed standard post-scrub activities.
The Rotating Service Structure is in place around Atlantis, and offloading of
cryogenics from the orbiter's onboard storage tanks is in work. Launch
controllers will maintain the vehicle's current configuration at the pad and
continue to monitor Shuttle systems. Routine system retests will resume next
week in preparation for the next launch attempt. The countdown clock is
scheduled to begin at the T-43 hour mark on Monday morning, May 15.
The seven-member flight crew is in Houston, TX
and will leave quarantine today. They will continue training activities at
Johnson Space Center until their return to KSC a few days prior to launch.
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