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January 13, 2000

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MISSION: STS-99  -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)

VEHICLE Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION Pad 39A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME No earlier than Jan. 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME Feb. 11, 2000 at 4:52 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW 2 hours and 2 minutes
MISSION DURATION 11 days and 4 hours
CREW Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 126 nautical miles/57 degrees
Work in progress
Today, Shuttle managers confirmed Jan. 31 as Endeavour’s target launch date with the Eastern Range. Processing at the launch pad continues on schedule while the flight crew proceeds with orbiter and payload familiarization activities.

Last night, workers completed orbiter cavity purge efforts in preparation for tomorrow’s launch day dress rehearsal with the flight crew. Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities will conclude tomorrow at about 11:30 a.m. and the six member flight crew will depart KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility for Houston, TX, at about 2:35 p.m. Friday. Orbiter aft compartment close-outs are under way and will conclude next week. Saturday, engineers will begin loading Endeavour’s on board storage tanks will fuel.

Processing Milestones
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test concludes Jan. 14
Prelaunch propellant loading concludes Jan. 15
Flight Readiness Review Jan. 18


MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd ISS Flight (2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM

VEHICLE Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME No earlier than April 13, 2000
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME April 24, 2000
LAUNCH WINDOW 5-10 minutes
MISSION DURATION 10 days and 19 hours
CREW Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko and Morukov
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Work in progress
Wiring inspections and repairs continue in Atlantis’ midbody and aft compartments. Functional testing of the orbiter maneuvering system pod continues, and servicing of freon coolant loop No. 2 is under way. Main landing gear wheel and tire assembly installation began today and concludes tomorrow.

MISSION: STS-92 -- 4th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3
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 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Work in progress
Discovery’s forward reaction control system checks are complete. Hypergolic deservicing of the orbiter maneuvering system is ongoing. Inspection of Discovery’s nose anding gear concludes today and main landing gear work begins next week.


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