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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
MONDAY, JULY 22, 1996  (11:52 AM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov


MISSION: STS-79 -- 4th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION:  Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: September 12 at about 6:26 a.m. (EDT)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: September 21 at about 11:30 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 5 hours
CREW SIZE: 6
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Atlantis will remain in the Vehicle Assembly Building while
stacking operations (image) of the replacement set of solid rocket boosters
continues in the adjacent high bay. Booster stacking operations are
expected to be completed early next week.  The external tank will
then be mated to the boosters as early as Tuesday, July 30.

KEY STS-79 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Mate external tank to solid rocket boosters (July 30)
Demate orbiter from current SRB stack and move to OPF bay 3 (July 31)
Roll out of OPF and mate with solid rocket boosters (Aug. 13)
Rollout to Pad 39A (Aug. 20)
STS-79 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Aug. 27-28)


MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 and ORFEUS-SPAS-2

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: (no earlier than) Oct. 31 at 2:40 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 20 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: (no earlier than) Nov. 16 at 7:25 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW SIZE: 5
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Operations to deservice the hypergolic system is complete.
Today, the fuel cells will be checked and the flash evaporator system
flushed.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove and replace auxiliary power unit no. 1 (July 26)
Begin removing Space Shuttle main engines (July 30)
Install main engines (Aug. 12)
 

MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2

VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION:  Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: February 13, 1997
LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE: February 23, 1997
MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours
CREW SIZE: 7
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Preparations continue for installation of the reaction control
system pods.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install right hand orbital maneuvering system pod (about July 31)
Install remote manipulator system (Aug. 20)
Install forward reaction control system (about Aug. 28)


ENDEAVOUR -- PREPARATIONS FOR ORBITER MAINTENANCE DOWN PERIOD (OMDP)

VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3

NOTE: The protective ferry flight tailcone will be installed on
Endeavour tomorrow as preparations continue on schedule for the
vehicle's first Orbiter Maintenance Down Period in Palmdale, CA.

KEY PRE-OMDP OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install ferry flight tailcone (Tuesday)
Rollover to Shuttle Landing Facility (July 29 at about 5 a.m.)
Depart KSC for ferry flight to Palmdale, CA (July 30)
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