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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1996 (6:56 PM EST)

LAUNCH DAY -- Flight Day 1

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-75 -- TETHERED SATELLITE-1R & USMP-3

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbit
LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 22 at 3:18 p.m.
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: March 7 at about 7:32 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 13 days, 16 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-75 was launched on time
today at 3:18 p.m., at the opening of the launch window. Columbia is
scheduled to land at 7:32 a.m. March 7 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing
Facility.

	Columbia’s payload bay doors are now open and operations to
activate the USMP payload have begun. On Saturday, the Tethered
Satellite System will be deployed at about 3:30 p.m. EST. Retrieval
operations will begin early Monday afternoon.

	The solid rocket boosters are expected to arrive at Port
Canaveral early Saturday morning.

	The crew of mission STS-75 are: Commander Andy Allen; Pilot
Scott Horowitz; Mission Specialists Jeff Hoffman, Maurizo Cheli,
Claude Nicollier, and Franklin Chang-Diaz; and Payload Specialist
Umberto Guidoni.