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 |
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities
concluded today at about 11 a.m. A planned Y2K end-to-end test was conducted in
parallel with TCDT activities and concludes later today. The test will confirm
that all ground, flight and vehicle systems performed as expected. The
six-member flight crew departs KSC at about 2:35 p.m. today headed for Ellington
Field in Houston, TX.
At the launch pad, workers are preparing for Saturday's prelaunch fuel loading
operations. Endeavour's aft compartment close-outs began yesterday and will
proceed into next week. Endeavour's payload bay doors will be opened Monday to
accommodate cable rerouting for an onboard orbiter camera. Also, spacesuit
checks are scheduled early next week.
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Processing
Milestones |
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Prelaunch
propellant loading concludes |
Jan. 15 |
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Flight
Readiness Review |
Jan. 18 |
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Ordnance
installation begins |
Jan. 24 |
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Flight
crew equipment stowage begins |
Jan. 25 |
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Launch
Coundown 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 |
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 |
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Work in
progress |
Yesterday, Shuttle managers announced that the
launch of Shuttle Atlantis will occur no earlier than April 13. The additional
time allows ground crews at KSC to complete routine processing milestones, and
accommodates extensive wiring inspections and repair. Main landing gear wheel
and tire assembly installation concludes today.
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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 |
Hypergolic deservicing of the orbiter maneuvering
system is ongoing. Inspection of Discovery's nose landing gear is complete and
main landing gear work begins next week.
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