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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1996 (10:26 AM EST) LAUNCH - 1 DAY 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: The countdown clock continued its count at 1 a.m. today at the T-19 hour mark as launch controllers returned to their firing room consoles to prepare Shuttle Columbia for launch tomorrow. The 2 1/2 hour window opens tomorrow at 2:53 p.m. EST. No technical issues or concerns are being worked by the management team at this time. The management team will be arriving at KSC this morning and meet at 2 p.m. today to give final approval for continuing toward launch tomorrow. Tonight, the Rotating Service Structure will be moved into launch position at about 8 p.m., paving the way for loading of the external tank with about 500,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Loading operations are expected to begin at about 6 a.m. tomorrow. Today, the five-member astronaut crew will be briefed on tomorrow's weather outlook at KSC and at the Transoceanic Abort Landings sites in Spain and Africa. Air Force weather forecasters are currently indicating a 20 percent probability of weather prohibiting launch on Tuesday. The only concern is for a slight possibility of a low cloud ceiling. No other weather concerns are in the forecast. During Tuesday's launch window, the winds at Pad 39B are expected to be from the northeast at 8-10 knots; temperature 73 degrees F; visibility 7 miles; humidity 62 percent; and clouds scattered at 3,500 feet and 20,000 feet. The 24-hour-delay forecast reveals similar conditions. SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-80 T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD HOLD BEGINS HOLD ENDS 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