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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 |
January 31, 2000 at 12:47 p.m. EST |
| TARGET KSC LANDING
DATE/TIME |
February 11, 2000 at
4:55 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 |
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At Launch Pad 39A, work continues in preparation for
Monday's planned launch of Shuttle Endeavour. The launch countdown is scheduled
to begin today at 5:30 p.m.
Shuttle managers announced today that an issue
with a main engine fuel pump from orbiter Discovery is being evaluated to
determine what impact if any it may have on the STS-99 mission. During routine
postflight inspections after mission STS-103, engineers at KSC detected damage
on a fuel pump seal located between the turbine blade and pump housing. The fuel
pump has been sent to the Boeing, Rocketdyne manufacturing plant in Canoga Park,
CA to undergo disassembly and analysis. Evaluation results will be presented at
the standard Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Shuttle weather forecasters indicate a 70 percent
chance of favorable weather on Monday. The forecast calls for scattered clouds
at 3,000 feet and 10,000 feet, and broken clouds at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7
miles; winds from the northwest at 12 peaking to 18 knots; temperature at 60
degrees F; relative humidity at 55 percent; dewpoint at 44 degrees F; and no
threat of precipitation. The primary concern is the possibility of thick clouds
that could violate launch criteria for trigger lightning.
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| Processing
Milestones |
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Launch countdown
begins |
Jan. 28 at 5:30
p.m. |
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Power reactant storage and
distribution system loaded |
Jan. 29 |
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Rotating Service
Structure retracted |
Jan. 30 at about
6:30 p.m. |
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External tank
loading |
Jan. 31, 4 - 7 a.m. |
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SUMMARY
OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-99 |
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T-TIME |
LENGTH OF HOLD |
HOLD BEGINS |
HOLD ENDS |
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T-27 hours |
4 hours |
9:30 a.m. Sat. |
1:30 p.m. Sat. |
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T-19 hours |
4 hours |
9:30 a.m. Sat. |
1:30 p.m. Sat. |
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T-11 hours |
12 hours, 57 minutes |
9:30 a.m. Sun. |
10:27 p.m. Sun. |
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T-6 hours |
1 hour |
3:27 a.m. Mon. |
4:27 a.m. Mon. |
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T-3 hours |
2 hours |
7:27 a.m. Mon. |
9:27 a.m. Mon. |
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T-20 minutes |
10 minutes |
12:07 p.m. Mon. |
12:17 p.m. Mon. |
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T-9 minutes |
10 minutes |
12:28 p.m. Mon. |
12:38 p.m. Mon. |
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CREW
FOR MISSION STS-99 |
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| POSITION |
NAME |
| Commander
(CDR) |
Kevin
Kregel |
| Pilot
(PLT) |
Dom
Gorie |
| Mission
Specialist (MS1) |
Gerhard
Thiele |
| Mission
Specialist (MS2) |
Janet
Kavandi |
| Mission
Specialist (MS3) |
Janice
Voss |
| Mission
Specialist (MS4) |
Mamoru
Mohri |
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SUMMARY
OF STS-99 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
Monday, Jan. 31 |
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| 12:30 a.m. |
Wake up Blue
Team (PLT, MS3 and MS4) |
| 1:00 a.m. |
Blue Team
breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Wake up Red
Team (CDR, MS1 and MS2) |
| 8:22 a.m.* |
Blue Team
lunch/Red Team breakfast and photo |
| 8:52 a.m. |
Weather
briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2) |
| 8:52 a.m.* |
Don launch
and entry suits (MS1, MS3 & MS4) |
| 9:02 a.m.* |
Don launch
and entry suits (CDR, PLT, MS2) |
| 9:32 a.m.* |
Depart for
Launch Pad 39A |
| 10:02 a.m.* |
Arrive at
white room and begin ingress |
| 11:17 a.m.* |
Close crew
hatch |
| 12:47 p.m.* |
Launch |
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*Televised
events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern |
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