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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1996  (10:19 AM EDT)

KSC Public Affairs Contact: Joel Wells
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: Vehicle Assembly Building
TARGET LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than 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: 219 statute miles/28.45 degrees

NOTE: Columbia was hard mated to the external tank at 2:28 p.m.
yesterday and umbilical mating is in work today.  The orbiter will be
powered up shortly after midnight Sunday for a Shuttle interface test
scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Monday.

The vertical payloads arrived at Pad 39B at about 2:31 a.m. today.
The payload canister was lifted to the payload changeout room at
about 5:30 a.m. and payload transfer will take place later this
afternoon.

KEY STS-80 OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Roll-out to Pad 39B (Oct. 16)
* Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test  (Oct. 22 - 23)


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: APU installation is complete. Orbital maneuvering system pod
functional checkout continues and fuel cell voltage tests are in
work.

	Joint close-outs continue on the mated left aft and left
forward center segments of STS-81’s SRB stack in hi-bay 1. The right
aft booster segment stacking is in work and preparations to stack
next segment, the right forward center, are underway.

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: Fuel cell and power reactant storage and distribution system
tests continue. The main propulsion system leak checks and functional
checkout are complete.  Preparations are underway to install Space
Shuttle main engines 1, 2, and 3 on Monday morning.

KEY OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):
* Install Space Shuttle main engines (Oct. 14)
* Install left-hand orbital maneuvering system pod (Oct. 21)
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