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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1996 (10:37 AM EDT) KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: J.Wells-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov MISSION: STS-80 -- WAKE SHIELD FACILITY-3 (image) and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image) VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102 LOCATION: Pad 39B (new) TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: no earlier than November 15 at 2:28 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes (new) TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 1 at 7:12 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 48 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Shuttle managers will meet early next week to confirm a new launch date for STS-80, while launch managers and engineers work with a no earlier than launch date of Nov. 15. The extra time will be used by managers to fully understand the nozzle erosion issue from the previous Shuttle flight. Countdown preparations continue and power reactant storage and distribution preparations are in work today. Verification tests are complete on the Wake Shield Facility payload and Columbia’s payload doors will be closed until Wake Shield’s batteries are scheduled for recharge. KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Follow-up Flight Readiness Review (Nov. 11) * Complete aft engine compartment close-outs (TBD) * Crew arrival at KSC (Nov. 11) * Countdown begins (no earlier than Nov. 12) MISSION: STS-81 -- 5th MIR DOCKING & SPACEHAB DM (image) VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 12, 1997 at about 4:17 a.m. (EST) LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1997 at about 8:40 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days (+1) CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down) ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 184 statute miles/51.6 degrees NOTE: Auxiliary power unit No. 2 closeouts will pick-up next week. Space Shuttle main engine No. 1 is installed and No. 3 is in work today. Crew equipment interface test preparations are in work, with crew support scheduled for Saturday. Ammonia servicing is scheduled for tomorrow. KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Crew Equipment Interface Test (Saturday) * Close payload bay doors for rollover (Nov. 22) * Roll to Vehicle Assembly Building (Dec. 2) MISSION: STS-82 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION-2 VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103 LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: February 13, 1997 at 2:59 a.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 61 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: February 23, 1997 at 1:35 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 22 hours CREW: Bowersox, Horowitz, Lee, Hawley, Harbaugh, Smith, Tanner ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 360 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: Work continues for payload bay reconfiguration operations and payload pre-mate tests are scheduled for this week. Main propulsion system and main engine integrated tests are in work. Main landing gear assembly and installation continues and hydraulic operations and aerosurface checks are also in work this week. KEY STS-82 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only): * Deliver left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod to OPF (Nov. 11) * Complete installation of orbital maneuvering system on orbiter (Nov. 15)--end-- For automatic e-mail subscriptions to this daily Shuttle status report or KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) type the words "subscribe shuttle-status", or "subscribe ksc-press-release" (do not use quotation marks). The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an e-mail address to domo@news.ksc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line), type (no quotes) "unsubscribe shuttle-status", or "unsubscribe ksc-press-release." Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm