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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 8:41 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
April
23, 2000 |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
up
to 10 minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
9
days, 20 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz,
Weber,
Williams,
Voss,
Helms,
Usachev |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
160
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
| Shuttle
Processing Note |
|
KSC workers are preparing to transfer orbiter
Atlantis to the Vehicle Assembly Building as early as March 16. A decision to
proceed with Atlantis’ vertical processing will be made at the standard
Orbiter Rollout Review (ORR) on Friday. Though launch remains targeted for no
earlier than April 13, managers will also discuss the STS-101 target launch date
at the ORR.
Technicians have completed initial repair efforts
on the damaged Ku band antenna dish and retest work is ongoing. The quarter-inch
x quarter-inch nick on the edge of the dish was repaired with epoxy resin
following minor damage last Sunday night. Ammonia boiler system testing is
complete. Technicians are also replacing components on a main engine
accelerometer that failed a routine test this week.
|
|
MISSION:
STS-92
-- 5th ISS Flight (3A) -- Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
|
| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
OPF
bay 1 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
TBD |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
TBD |
| MISSION
DURATION |
11
days |
| CREW |
Duffy,
Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
160
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
| Shuttle
Processing Note |
|
Leak checks are under way
following the replacement of Discovery’s auxiliary power
unit No. 1. Radiator functional tests are scheduled this
week. Workers have also completed optical measurements in
Discovery’s payload bay in support of the downstream
Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM) mission. Servicing of
Discovery’s life support and environmental control
system continues.
|
|
|
MISSION:
STS-97
-- 6th ISS Flight (4A) -- PV Module P6 |
|
| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 2 |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
TBA |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
TBA |
| MISSION
DURATION |
9 days |
| CREW |
Jett,
Bloomfield, Tanner, Noriega, Garneau |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
Shuttle
Processing Note |
Checks
on the forward reaction control system are ongoing.
Preparations are in work to drain the orbiter
maneuvering system line valves of residual reactants.
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