MISSION: STS-99 -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105
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| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
January 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
February 11, 2000 at 4:52 p.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
2 hours and 2
minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
11 days and 4 hours |
| CREW |
Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
126 nautical miles/57 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
| The launch team is
conducting a standard launch countdown simulation today in KSC's Launch Control Center. At
the launch pad this week, workers are preparing to load propellant into Endeavour's
onboard storage tanks. On Friday, engineers will conduct the Shuttle helium signature leak
test. Leak checks on the orbiter's midbody umbilical unit are scheduled to occur next
Wednesday. Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities with the flight crew are
slated to occur Jan. 13 and 14. |
| Processing Milestones |
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Helium signature leak test |
Jan. 7 |
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Prelaunch propellant loading |
Jan. 10-12 |
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Terminal Countdown
Demonstration Test |
Jan. 13-14 |
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MISSION: STS-101 -- 3rd ISS Flight
(2A.2) - SPACEHAB DM |
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| VEHICLE |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| LOCATION |
Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
March 16, 2000 at 7:45 a.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
March 27, 2000 at 2:40 a.m. EST |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
5-10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days and 19 hours |
| CREW |
Halsell,
Horowitz, Weber, Lu, Williams, Malenchenko and Morukov |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Installation of
Atlantis' three inertial measurement units concludes later today. Wiring inspections and
repairs continue in the orbiter's midbody and aft compartments. Tomorrow, technicians will
service freon coolant loop No. 2, and checks of the orbiter's robot arm are scheduled for
Friday. Next week, technicians will conduct ammonia boiler servicing and functional tests
of the orbiter's auxiliary power units.
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MISSION: STS-92 -- 4th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3 |
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| VEHICLE |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| LOCATION |
OPF bay 1 |
| TARGET KSC
LAUNCH DATE/TIME |
No earlier than
June 14, 2000 at 8:42 p.m. EDT |
| TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME |
June 24, 2000 at 5:10 p.m. EDT |
| LAUNCH WINDOW |
10 minutes |
| MISSION DURATION |
10 days |
| CREW |
Duffy, Melroy,
Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria and McArthur |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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| Work in progress |
Since yesterday,
workers have been setting up access platforms inside Discovery's aft compartment. On
Friday, technicians begin preparations to remove the orbiter's main engines. Engine
removal operations should conclude late next week. The six gyroscopes that were extracted
from the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-103 will be removed from Discovery's payload
bay on Monday. Preparations are in work to open Discovery's payload bay doors this week.
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