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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
Friday, September 27, 1996

George H. Diller


Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia
Mission number: STS-80
Location: OPF Bay 1
Primary payload:  ORFEUS-SPAS 2/Wake Shield Facility 3
Astronauts: 5
Maximum orbital altitude: 218 statute miles
Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Mission Duration: 16 days
Launch date:   Nov. 8   2:47 p.m. EST
Landing date:  Nov. 24  7:31 a.m. EST

STS-80 IN WORK TODAY:
 -  Flight Readiness Test (FRT) of Flight Controls
 -  Inspections of reaction control system thrusters
 -  Establishing electrical connections between external tank and
    solid rocket boosters in VAB

STS-80 WORK SCHEDULED:
 -  Payload bay door closure  (Sept. 28)
 -  Roll Columbia to VAB  (Oct. 7)
 -  Move payloads to pad (Oct. 10)
 -  Rollout to Pad 39-B  (Oct. 14)

STS-80 WORK COMPLETED:
 - Mating of external tank to solid rocket boosters in VAB


STS-82/OV-103/Discovery
HST Second Servicing Mission
OPF Bay 2

	The forward reaction control system has been mated to the
orbiter and securing is now in work.  Freon coolant loop leak checks
are in work.  Work to remove and replace one of the orbiter’s
fuel cells begins today.


OV-104/Atlantis
OPF Bay 3

	Orbiter Atlantis was spotted in OPF Bay 3 at 5 p.m.
yesterday.  Access is being established to the orbiter and the aft
main engine compartment has been opened.  Preparations are underway
for draining the cryogenic reactants overnight tonight.  The Spacehab
Double Module will be removed on Tuesday.



KSC 24-Hour Weather Summary
Shuttle Landing Facility - 8 a.m.

Today’s minimum temperature:  77 degrees
Yesterday’s maximum temperature:  86 degrees
Low relative humidity:  53 percent
Peak wind speed/direction:  28 mph/SE
Precipitation:  0
Total September precipitation:  7.25 inches
Barometric pressure at 7 a.m.:  30.14