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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1996  (10:26 AM 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 aft main engine compartment
continue today. Also, the landing gear was retracted as preparations
continue for roll-over to the VAB next week.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Roll Columbia to Vehicle Assembly Building and mate with external
   tank (Oct. 7)
Deliver payload to Pad 39B (Oct. 9)
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: 9 days (+1)
CREW: Baker, Jett, Grunsfeld, Ivins, Wisoff, Linenger (up) Blaha (down)
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 196-245 statute miles/51.6 degrees

NOTE: The Spacehab payload was removed last night. Work today
includes hydraulic operations and continued post-flight inspections.
SRB stacking continues in the VAB.

	Deservicing of the auxiliary power units is set for later
this week. Trouble-shooting continues on the APU no. 2. The unit and
its controller will be removed from Atlantis next week and sent to
the vendor for comprehensive analysis. No resolution to the in-flight
problem has been disclosed in the trouble-shooting to date.

KEY STS-81 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
Remove Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 24)
Install Space Shuttle main engines (Nov. 5)


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: Interface verification tests for the forward reaction control
system is set for Thursday. Mid-body close-outs and water coolant
loop service preparations continue today.

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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