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MISSION: STS-100 -- 9th
ISS Flight (6A) - Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Location |
Launch Pad 39A |
| KSC Launch Date/Time |
April 19, 2001, at 2:41 p.m. EDT |
| KSC Landing Date/Time |
April 30, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. EDT |
| Mission Duration |
10 days, 19 hours and 19 minutes |
| Crew |
Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski,
Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov |
| Orbit Altitude and Inclination |
173 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (orbiter
processing notes) |
The launch countdown for mission STS-100 began at 6 p.m. April 16, as scheduled. Preparation continues toward a launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the seven-member flight crew at 2:41 p.m. Thursday.
The orbiter's onboard cryogenic storage tanks are being loaded for flight and the orbiter midbody umbilical unit will be demated later tonight. Loading operations began about one hour late, allowing engineers to troubleshoot a lighting dimmer switch in the crew module before clearing the pad. The electrical box will be replaced tonight following cryogenic loading with no impact to the remainder of the countdown.
Weather officials predict a 10 percent chance that weather could prohibit Thursday's launch. The forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet and broken at 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; pad winds from the northeast at 10 peaking to 15 knots; temperature at 72 degrees F; relative humidity 43 percent and no chance of precipitation. The only concern is the slight chance of return-to-launch-site crosswind violation. The 24-hour and 48-hour delay forecasts remain at a 10 percent chance of violation.
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Upcoming
Milestones (dates are targets only) |
| Orbiter cryogenic reactant
loading |
April 17 |
| Rotating Service Structure
parked |
April 18 at 6:30 p.m. |
| External Tank loading |
April 19 (5:45 - 8:45 a.m.) |
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SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-100
T-TIME LENGTH OF HOLD
HOLD BEGINS
HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours
4 hours
10 a.m. Tues.
2 p.m. Tues.
T-19 hours
4 hours
11 p.m. Tues.
2 a.m. Wed.
T-11 hours 12 hours, 45 minutes
10 a.m. Wed. 10:45
p.m. Wed.
T-6 hours
2 hours
3:45 a.m. Thurs. 5:45 a.m.
Thurs.
T-3 hours
2 hours
8:45 a.m. Thurs. 10:45 a.m.
Thurs.
T-20 minutes 10 minutes
1:25 p.m. Thurs. 1:35 p.m.
Thurs.
T-9 minutes about 45 minutes
1:46 p.m. Thurs. 2:31 p.m.
Thurs.
CREW FOR MISSION STS-100
Commander (CDR):
Kent Rominger
Pilot (PLT):
Jeff Asby
Mission Specialist (MS1): Chris Hadfield
Mission Specialist (MS2): John Phillips
Mission Specialist (MS3): Scott Parazynski
Mission Specialist (MS4): Umberto Guidoni
Mission Specialist (MS5): Yuri Lonchakov
SUMMARY OF STS-100 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES
4:00 a.m. Crew wake up and medical checks
5:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Lunch
10:15 a.m. Weather Briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
10:15 a.m. Don flight suits (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)
*10:25 a.m. Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
*10:55 a.m. Depart for launch pad
*11:25 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*12:40 p.m. Close crew hatch
*2:41 p.m. Launch
* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern
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