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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT Monday, September 30, 1996 George H. Diller Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia Mission number: STS-80 Location: OPF Bay 1 Primary payload: ORFEUS-SPAS 2/Wake Shield Facility 3 Astronauts: 5 Maximum orbital altitude: 218 statute miles Inclination: 28.45 degrees Mission Duration: 16 days Launch date: Nov. 8 2:47 p.m. EST Landing date: Nov. 24 7:31 a.m. EST STS-80 IN WORK TODAY: - Closeouts of crew compartment - Trouble-shooting of right orbital maneuvering system pod heaters - Closeouts of payload bay door thermal blankets and tiles STS-80 WORK SCHEDULED: - Roll Columbia to VAB (Oct. 7) - Move payloads to pad (Oct. 10) - Rollout to Pad 39-B (Oct. 14) STS-80 WORK COMPLETED: - Closure of payload bay doors for rollover to VAB - Flight Readiness Test (FRT) of orbiter flight controls - Inspections of reaction control system thrusters - Establishing electrical connections between external tank and solid rocket boosters in VAB STS-82/OV-103/Discovery HST Second Servicing Mission OPF Bay 2 Preparations are underway to begin orbiter systems testing on Wednesday. Work to remove and replace fuel cell No. 3 is complete and checkout will begin after orbiter power-up. Offline testing of the auxiliary power unit software is complete. OV-104/Atlantis OPF Bay 3 The cryogenic reactants were drained over the weekend. Today the payload bay doors are being opened. Electrical disconnection of the Spacehab Double Module is scheduled for today in preparation for removing it from the payload bay on Tuesday. In the Vehicle Assembly Building, solid rocket booster stacking for STS-81 which is Atlantis’ next mission begins tonight. KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary Shuttle Landing Facility - 8 a.m. Today’s minimum temperature: 74 degrees Yesterday’s maximum temperature: 90 degrees Low relative humidity: 58 percent Peak wind speed/direction: 23 mph/ESE Precipitation: .02 inches Total September precipitation: 7.27 inches Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.: 30.11