KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1998 (1:33 PM EDT)

      Launch Viewing Information
      MISSION: STS-95 -- SPACEHAB-SM, SPARTAN & HOST

      STS-95 images

      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
      • KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EST
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Nov. 7 at 11:49 a.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours and 30 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes
      • CREW: Brown, Lindsey, Parazynski, Robinson, Duque, Mukai, Glenn
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 300 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Mass memory unit (MMU) No. 2, now on board Discovery, was loaded and retested on Friday. SPACEHAB early stow was also completed last week. Orbiter aft compartment closeouts are in work today. Flight crew equipment stowage begins today and continues through Friday. Ordnance installation occurs Tuesday through Thursday. Payload bay closeouts begin Thursday and the payload bay doors will be closed for flight later that evening.

      STS-95 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Orbiter aft compartment closeouts begin (Oct. 19)
      • Payload bay doors closed for flight (Oct. 22)
      • SPACEHAB late stow (Oct. 26)
      • Launch countdown begins (Oct. 26 at 8 a.m.)
      MISSION: STS-88 -- 1ST FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
      UNITY CONNECTING MODULE

      STS-88 images

      • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
      • LOCATION: VAB high bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Dec. 3 at about 3:55 a.m. EST
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 14 at about 10:19 p.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 5 - 10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 18 hours
      • CREW: Cabana, Sturckow, Currie, Ross, Newman, Krikalev
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Shuttle Endeavour is located in Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 3. KSC launch controllers completed launch countdown simulation exercises Friday in firing room No. 3. Orbiter and external tank mating concluded Saturday. The Shuttle Interface Test is under way and umbilical leak checks are in work. Endeavour is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A early Wednesday morning. The threat of thunderstorms on Wednesday has Shuttle managers considering a 2 a.m. first motion time for the Shuttle's roll out from the VAB.

      STS-88 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Shuttle rolls out to Pad 39A (Oct. 21 at about 2 a.m.)
      • Launch pad validations (Oct. 21 - 22)
      • Auxiliary power unit hot fire test (Oct. 22)
      • Unity payload arrives at Pad 39A (Oct. 27 at about 2 a.m.)
      MISSION: STS-93 -- Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)

      STS-93 images

      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Jan. 21, 1999 at 11:26 a.m. EST (under review)
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Jan. 26, 1999 at 10:33 a.m. EST
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 47 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 4 days, 23 hours, 7 minutes
      • CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Preparation is in work for Columbia's November payload premate test. The AXAF payload is now expected to arrive at KSC in early January. Shuttle managers are reviewing the impact to the STS-93 major milestones.

      MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
      SPACEHAB-DM/ICC
      • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 2
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: August 5, 1999
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: August 15, 1999
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 10 days
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Removal of Atlantis' left-hand simulated orbiter maneuvering system pod is in progress. Receiving inspections proceed on schedule. Orbiter electrical system validations continue and troubleshooting of the aft compartment power control assembly continues.

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      Author: Joel Wells / NASA Public Affairs
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