MISSION: STS-99 --
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
Jan. 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
Feb.
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 |
Preparations for Shuttle Endeavour's upcoming launch
continue on schedule at Launch Pad 39A. Aft compartment close-outs are complete.
Replacement of the four payload bay camera assemblies is complete and retesting
concluded today. While the payload bay doors are open, workers will clean the
optics on the SRTM Attitude and Orbit Determination Assembly (AODA). Door
closure is slated to occur tonight. Endeavour remains in the standard cold
weather configuration with the reaction control system heaters powered up. The
flight crew arrives at KSC tomorrow at about noon and the countdown clock starts
Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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| Processing
Milestones |
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Flight crew arrives at KSC |
Jan. 26
at noon |
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Launch
countdown begins |
Jan. 28
at 5:30 p.m. |
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MISSION: STS-101
-- 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
April 13, 2000 at 8:44 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
April
24, 2000 |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
about
10 minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10 days and 19 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko and Morukov |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
122
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in
progress |
This week, technicians removed a thruster from
Atlantis' orbiter maneuvering system and installation of the new thruster is
scheduled for Thursday. Ammonia system leak and functional testing is in work.
Orbiter fuel cell tests are also ongoing. Wiring inspections and repairs
continue in the orbiter's aft and midbody compartments.
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MISSION:
STS-92
-- 4th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
OPF
bay 1 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
No
earlier than June 14, 2000 at 8:42 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
June
24, 2000 at 5:10 p.m. EDT |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
10
minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
10
days |
| CREW |
Duffy,
Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria and
McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE
and INCLINATION |
122
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in
progress |
Functional tests on Discovery's orbiter maneuvering
system are complete. Removal of auxiliary power unit No. 1 is under way.
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