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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1996  (12:13 PM EDT)

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 and ORFEUS-SPAS-2 (image)

VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Nov. 8 at 2:47 p.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours, 30 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 24 at 7:31 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Cockrell, Rominger, Jernigan, Jones, Musgrave
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 218 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Close-outs of the orbiter's mid-body and aft engine compartment
continue today. Also, the landing gear will be retracted as
preparations continue for roll-over to the VAB next week.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Deliver payload to Pad 39B (Oct. 5)
Roll Columbia to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external
   tank (Oct. 7)
Roll-out to Pad 39B (Oct. 14)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (Oct. 17-18)


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 at about 4:17 a.m. (EST)
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7-10 minutes
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 21 at about 8:40 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 16 days
CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down)
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: Atlantis' payload bay doors are open and preparations are in
work to remove the Spacehab tonight. Other work includes
repositioning the main engines and the body flap for continued
post-flight inspections. Access to the orbiter's mid-body and aft
engine compartment continues.

	Preliminary post landing inspections revealed the orbiter's
lower surface sustained a total of 61 debris hits, of which eight had
a dimension of 1-inch or larger. The tires and brakes are reported to
be in average condition.

	Trouble-shooting continues today on the auxiliary power unit
that failed after launch. The unit's controller passed a diagnostic
test this weekend. Other trouble-shooting measures will be conducted
before the unit is removed from Atlantis next week and sent to the
vendor for comprehensive analysis.

	Saturday morning as workers were gaining initial access to
the aft engine compartment for post-flight inspections, a 1/16-inch
Allen wrench was discovered on the floor of the left rear section of
the aft compartment. The wrench, which measures about 2 inches long
with a 1/2-inch "L", bears no discernible markings and is believed to
have flown in the aft during the last mission. A team will be
assigned to determine the origin of the wrench.


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 to finish connections of the forward reaction control
system to the orbiter continue. Interface verification is set for
Thursday. The replacement of fuel cell no. 3 is complete.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 9-10)
Install left hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 21)
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