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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1996 (11:31 AM EST) Launch - 2 days KSC Public Affairs Contact: Bruce Buckingham (fax 407-867-2692) E-mail: Bruce.Buckingham-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 TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: November 15 at 2:50 p.m. LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 1 at 7:34 a.m. MISSION DURATION: 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees NOTE: The countdown for launch of Columbia began on time yesterday at 1 p.m. and today is proceeding without problem. The issue with a minor fuel cell coolant loop leak was addressed by the management team yesterday and cleared for flight. No other technical issues are being addressed at this time. Pad 39-B was cleared at about 9 a.m. today to load the onboard cryogenic tanks with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen reactants. Reactant loading will be complete at about 7 p.m. The reactants provide electricity for the orbiter and crew while in space and drinking water as a by-product for the 16-day mission. Tomorrow, operations will begin to demate the orbiter's mid-body umbilical unit and retract it into the Fixed Service Structure. Final vehicle and facility close-outs will also resume. Final mid-deck payload stowage operations will begin following cryogenic loading operations. Also on Thursday, preparations will be made to retract the Rotating Service Structure to launch position at about 8 p.m. Loading of the external tank with cryogenic propellants is scheduled to begin at about 6 a.m. Friday. The launch of STS-80 on Friday is contingent on a commercial Atlas rocket launch planned for today between 3:44 and 5:18 p.m. If the Atlas launch is delayed a day, an additional 24-hour hold will be implemented at the T-11 hour mark and the Shuttle launch delayed until Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2:51 p.m. Air Force weather forecasters are currently indicating a 90 percent probability of weather prohibiting launch of Columbia on Friday. The primary concern is for high winds violating return-to-launch-site abort constraints with occasional low clouds and showers in the area. There is also a possibility of pad winds violating launch constraints. During Friday's launch window, the winds at KSC are expected to be from the northeast at 20 knots gusting to 30 knots; temperature 73 degrees F; visibility 7 miles; humidity 77 percent; and clouds scattered to broken at 4,000 feet and broken at 12,000 feet and 25,000 feet. The 24-hour and 48-hour-delay forecasts reveal similar conditions and an 80 percent and 70 percent chance of violation, respectively. Please refer to KSC Release No. 133-96 for more information on Shuttle weather launch commit criteria. SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-80 T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD HOLD BEGINS HOLD ENDS T-27 hours 4 hours 5:00 a.m. Wed. 9:00 a.m. Wed. T-19 hours 8 hours 5:00 p.m. Wed. 1:00 a.m. Thurs. T-11 hours 15 hours, 30 minutes 9:00 a.m. Thurs. 12:30 a.m. Fri. T-6 hours 1 hour 5:30 a.m. Fri. 6:30 a.m. Fri. T-3 hours 2 hours 9:30 a.m. Fri. 11:30 a.m. Fri. T-20 minutes 10 minutes 2:10 p.m. Fri. 2:20 p.m. Fri. T-9 minutes 10 minutes 2:31 p.m. Fri. 2:41 p.m. Fri. CREW FOR MISSION STS-80 Commander (CDR): Ken Cockrell Pilot (PLT): Kent Rominger Payload Commander (MS1): Tamara Jernigan Mission Specialist (MS2): Thomas Jones Mission Specialist (MS3): Story Musgrave SUMMARY OF STS-80 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES Friday, Nov. 15 9:55 a.m. Wake up * 10:25 a.m. Breakfast and crew photo 10:55 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2) 10:55 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (MS1, MS3) 11:05 a.m. Don launch and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2) * 11:18 a.m. Crew suiting photo * 11:35 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39B * 12:05 p.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress * 1:20 p.m. Close crew hatch * 2:50 p.m. Launch * Televised events (times may vary slightly) All times Eastern--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