KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
      THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1999 (1:45 PM EDT)
      MISSION: STS-93 -- Chandra X-ray Observatory

      STS-93 images

      • VEHICLE: Columbia/OV-102
      • LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: No earlier than July 20, 1999 at 12:36 a.m. EDT (under review)
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 24, 1999 at 11:31 p.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 46 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 4 days, 23 hours
      • CREW: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 153 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: At Launch Pad 39B, workers continue to prepare Shuttle Columbia and the Chandra/Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) payload for a target launch date of July 20. Over the weekend, Shuttle and payload workers will support planned payload activities. Next Tuesday, workers will install mass memory unit (MMU) No. 1. Loading of MMU No. 1 and No. 2 commences the following Thursday.

      The payload Interface Verification Test that validates the payload's electrical connections to the orbiter continues on schedule. Today, workers begin IUS flight battery installation, and on Friday, the payload end-to-end test begins.

      STS-93 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • Inertial Upper Stage battery installation (July 8-9)
      • Flight Readiness Review (July 8)
      • Orbiter aft compartment closeouts begin (July 9)
      • Close payload bay doors for flight (July 17)
      MISSION: STS-99 -- SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (SRTM)

      • VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 2
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Sept. 16, 1999 at 8:47 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Sept. 27, 1999 at 12:52 p.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 2 hours and 30 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 4 hours and 5 minutes
      • CREW: Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 126 nautical miles/57 degrees

      NOTE: Installation of Endeavour's three main engines is complete. Payload premate testing is also complete and servicing of freon coolant loop No. 2 concluded yesterday. Installation of the Shuttle main engine heatshields is in work. Later this week, technicians will begin ammonia system servicing.

      STS-99 SCHEDULED OPERATIONAL MILESTONES (dates are target only):

      • SRTM payload installed into orbiter (July 20)
      • Crew Equipment Interface Test (July 28)
      MISSION: STS-103 -- 3rd HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION (HST-3)

      • VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 1
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 14, 1999 at 5:42 a.m. EDT
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 24, 1999 at 3:20 a.m. EDT
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 42 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 9 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes
      • CREW: Brown, Kelly, Smith, Foale, Grunsfeld, Nicollier, Clervoy
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 317 nautical miles/28.45 degrees

      NOTE: Discovery's orbital maneuvering system continues to undergo functional tests. Removal of all three Shuttle fuel cells proceeds on schedule with removal of fuel cell No. 2 already complete.

      MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLIGHT - SPACEHAB DOUBLE MODULE/ICC

      • VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
      • LOCATION: OPF bay 3
      • TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: December 2, 1999
      • TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: December 13, 1999
      • LAUNCH WINDOW: 5-10 minutes
      • MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours
      • CREW: Halsell, Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko, Morukov
      • ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

      NOTE: Installation of Atlantis' forward reaction control system is in progress. Wireless video modifications and mass spectrometer leak checks on the orbiter's fuel cell power plant continue. Installation of the orbiter's external airlock is slated to begin next week.

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