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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1996 (11:00 AM EST) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 19 at 2:53 p.m. EST LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 5 at 7:37 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Launch controllers have reset the countdown clock to the build-in hold point at the T-19 hour mark. The clock will remain at T-19 hours until 1 a.m. Monday. For the remainder of the hold and through the weekend, controllers in the firing room will closely monitor the orbiter's systems while remaining in a launch configuration. Only limited work will be performed at the pad until the countdown begins again Monday. At pad 39B work to off-load extra cryogenics not necessary for this flight from the extended duration orbiter pallet is complete. Work then began to demate and retract the orbiter mid-body umbilical unit into the pad's Fixed Service Structure. The payload bay doors will remain closed as the Wake Shield Facility and ORFEUS-SPAS payloads require no additional servicing. An official weather forecast for Tuesday's launch will not be available until this weekend. The flight crew will remain at KSC through the weekend spending their time flying in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and reviewing mission plans. SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-80 T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD HOLD BEGINS HOLD ENDS T-27 hours 4 hours 5:00 a.m. Wed. 9:00 a.m. Wed. T-19 hours 104 hours (extended) 5:00 p.m. Wed. 1:00 a.m. Mon. T-11 hours 15 hours, 33 minutes 9:00 a.m. Mon. 12:33 a.m. Tues. T-6 hours 1 hour 5:33 a.m. Tues. 6:33 a.m. Tues. T-3 hours 2 hours 9:33 a.m. Tues. 11:33 a.m. Tues. T-20 minutes 10 minutes 2:13 p.m. Tues. 2:23 p.m. Tues. T-9 minutes 10 minutes 2:34 p.m. Tues. 2:44 p.m. Tues. CREW FOR MISSION STS-80 Commander (CDR): Ken Cockrell Pilot (PLT): Kent Rominger Payload Commander (MS1): Tamara Jernigan Mission Specialist (MS2): Thomas Jones Mission Specialist (MS3): Story Musgrave SUMMARY OF STS-80 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES Tuesday, Nov. 19 9:58 a.m. Wake up * 10:28 a.m. Breakfast and crew photo 10:58 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2) 10:58 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3) 11:08 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2) * 11:21 a.m. Crew suiting photo * 11:38 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39B * 12:08 p.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress * 1:23 p.m. Close crew hatch * 2:53 p.m. Launch * Televised events (times may vary slightly) All times Eastern--end-- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm