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MISSION:
STS-105
-- 11th
ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM |
| Vehicle |
Discovery/OV-103 |
| Location |
Launch Pad
39A |
| Target KSC
Launch Date/Time |
August 9,
2001 at 5:38
p.m. EDT |
| Target KSC
Landing Date/Time |
August 21,
2001 at about 1:17
p.m. |
| Mission
Duration |
11 days,
19 hours, 39 minutes |
| Crew |
Horowitz,
Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS-3 up) Culbertson,
Dezhurow, Turin; (ISS-2 down) Usachev, Helms, Voss |
| Orbital
Insertion Altitude and Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Launch-2
Days: (previous
notes) |
Launch countdown activities continue on schedule today. Operations to load the Power Reactant and Storage Distribution system tanks with cryogenic reactants are set to begin late this afternoon. Loading operations are scheduled to be completed by early tomorrow morning, at which time the orbiter mid-body umbilical unit will be demated.
Later tomorrow, the communications system on the Shuttle will be activated and tested and the rotating service structure will be moved to the launch position at about 9:30 p.m.
On Thursday beginning at about 8:45 a.m., the external tank will be loaded with its complement of 500,000 gallons of liquid cryogenic propellants. The crew will depart for the pad at 1:47 p.m.
Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 40 percent chance that weather could prevent launch on Thursday. The primary concerns are for showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity of the launch pad. At launch time on Thursday, clouds will be scattered at 4000 feet, 10,000 feet and 25,000 feet. Winds will be from the southeast at 10 - 14 knots. Temperature will be 82 degrees, F. and humidity 74 percent. Forecasters call for a 70 percent chance of violation for a 24-hour and 48-hour delay. |
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