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|
| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104/ |
| LOCATION |
Launch
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
April
24, 2000 at about 4:15 p.m. |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
May
4, 2000 at about 12:44 p.m. |
| LAUNCH
WINDOW |
5
minutes |
| MISSION
DURATION |
9
days, 20 hours and 29 minutes |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz,
Weber,
Williams,
Voss,
Helms,
Usachev |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
173
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
| Shuttle
Processing Note |
|
The countdown to launch of Space Shuttle mission
STS-101 began on time yesterday at 7 p.m. at the T-43 hour mark. All
preparations and activities continue on schedule today for launch at about 4:15
p.m. on Monday, April 24.
Operations to close-out the orbiter's aft engine
compartment are complete and efforts are currently underway to fill the onboard
cryogenic storage tanks.
Weather forecasters indicate a 30 percent chance
of launch weather criteria violation on launch day. The forecast calls for
scattered clouds at 4,000 – 7,000 feet and broken clouds at 25,000 – 31,000
feet; visibility at 7 miles; winds out of the east at 10 gusting to 15 knots;
temperature at 77 degrees F and relative humidity at 45 percent. The primary
concern is for potential thunderstorm anvil clouds.
The 24-hour and 48-hour delay forecasts indicate
a 60 percent and 20 percent chance of violation respectively.
|
| Upcoming
Milestones |
|
Power
reactant and storage distribution system cryogenic
loading |
April 22 |
|
|
Flight
crew equipment late stow |
April
23 |
|
|
Loading
external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid
propellant begins |
April 24
at 7:22 a.m. |
|
|
|
CREW FOR
MISSION STS-101 |
| POSITION |
NAME |
| Commander
(CDR) |
Jim
Halsell |
| Pilot (PLT) |
Scott Horowitz |
| Mission
Specialist (MS1) |
Mary
Ellen Weber |
| Mission
Specialist (MS2) |
Jeffrey Williams |
| Mission
Specialist (MS3) |
James
Voss |
| Mission
Specialist (MS4) |
Susan
Helms |
| Mission
Specialist (MS5) |
Yuri
Usachev |
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