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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1995 (3:14 PM EDT)

LAUNCH DAY -- Flight Day 1


MISSION: STS-69 -- WSF-2 & SPARTAN 201-03

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbit
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 7 at 11:09.00 a.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 18 at 7:38 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 20 hours, 29 minutes
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 230 statute miles/28.45 degrees

	The countdown for Space Shuttle Mission STS-69 went without
trouble today. Endeavour was launched on time at 11:09 a.m. Endeavour
is scheduled to land at 7:38 a.m. Sept. 18 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing
Facility.

	The Spartan-201 payload is scheduled to be deployed tomorrow
at about 11:41 a.m. EDT. It will be retrieved on Sunday. Wake Shield
Facility will be deployed on Monday and retrieved on Wednesday.

	The crew for mission STS-69 are: Commander David Walker,
Pilot Ken Cockrell, and Mission Specialists James Voss, James Newman
and Michael Gernhardt.


MISSION: STS-73 -- U.S. MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY-2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Pad 39B
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 28 at 9:34 a.m. EDT
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 14 at 7:28 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 22 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 172 statute miles/39 degrees

IN WORK TODAY:
* Booster nozzle repairs

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Monday/Tuesday)
* Helium signature test (Monday)
* Prelaunch propellant load (Wednesday/Thursday)
* Hot fire auxiliary power units 1,2,3 (Friday)