MISSION: STS-99 --
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| 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 |
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| Work in progress |
| Endeavour's prelaunch
propellant loading began yesterday at Launch Pad 39A. Loading of oxidizer into the
orbiter's onboard storage tanks is complete, and fuel loading begins Saturday morning
following this week's Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The flight crew arrived at
KSC yesterday at about 4 p.m. to participate in routine TCDT activities. Along with the flight crew's launch day dress rehearsal on Friday,
Shuttle engineers will conduct a planned year 2000 test on ground, flight and vehicle
systems to confirm their readiness to support mission operations. Many of the standard
TCDT procedures will satisfy the Y2K test requirements, but additional steps will be
executed following TCDT conclusion at 11 a.m. The Y2K test concludes Friday afternoon.
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin Thursday.
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| Processing Milestones |
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Aft compartment close-outs |
Jan. 13 |
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Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
concludes |
Jan. 14 |
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Prelaunch propellant loading
concludes |
Jan. 15 |
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Flight Readiness Review |
Jan. 18 |
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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
March 16, 2000 at 7:45 a.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
March 27, 2000 at 2:40 a.m. EST |
| 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 |
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| Work in progress |
Last week workers
replaced Atlantis' window No. 3, and Monday technicians completed checks on Atlantis'
robot arm. Wiring inspections and repairs continue to go very well in Atlantis' midbody
and aft compartments. Functional testing of the orbiter maneuvering system pod continues,
and servicing of freon coolant loop No. 2 occurs this week.
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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 |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Removal of
Discovery's main engines began Tuesday night and concluded yesterday. Removal of the
STS-103 payload from Discovery's cargo bay concluded Monday. Hypergolic deservicing of the
orbiter maneuvering system begins tomorrow. Inspection of Discovery's landing gear and
tire removal will conclude this week.
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