MISSION: STS-99 --
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) |
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| VEHICLE |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| LOCATION |
Pad 39A |
| TARGET KSC LAUNCH
DATE/TIME |
No
earlier than Jan. 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
Feb.
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
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| ORBITAL ALTITUDE and
INCLINATION |
126 nautical miles/57 degrees |
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| Work in
progress |
Shuttle managers assembled at KSC yesterday for the
STS-99 Flight Readiness Review. After the meeting, managers announced that Space
Shuttle Endeavour will launch no earlier than Jan. 31, pending resolution of an
ongoing orbiter tile evaluation. The evaluation has been under way since orbiter
Discovery lost a thermal tile from the right inboard elevon prior to the STS-103
landing in December. Astronaut and orbiter safety were not compromised.
Work records revealed that improper installation of the Discovery’s missing
tile allowed it to debond from the orbiter’s exterior. Engineers are now
reviewing work records for orbiter Endeavour’s tiles to ensure that they were
installed properly. The ongoing evaluation will reveal whether additional tile
work must be completed before launch, and if so, what schedule impacts may
exist. While Endeavour has an estimated 25,000 thermal tiles, the work being
reviewed only involves a small number of tiles that require complex fabrication
and installation procedures.
At the launch pad, Endeavour’s aft compartment close-outs continue and space
suit checks are ongoing. Prelaunch preparations continue as planned and the
current work schedule supports a launch on Jan. 31.
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| Processing
Milestones |
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Ordnance
installation begins |
Jan. 24 |
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Flight
crew equipment stowage begins |
Jan. 25 |
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Launch
Coundown begins |
Jan. 28 |
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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
April 13, 2000 |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
April 24, 2000 |
| 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 |
Atlantis’ orbiter maneuvering system functional
tests are complete. Wiring inspections and repair continue in the orbiter’s
aft and midbody compartments. Checks on the Ku band antenna and TACAN system are
also under way.
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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 |
Functional tests on Discovery’s orbiter
maneuvering system are under way. Orbiter main landing gear inspections are in
work this week.
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