John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

August 10, 2001


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This is an orbiter processing report and does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of upcoming Space Shuttle flights. Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.

MISSION: STS-105 -- 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM

Vehicle	Discovery/OV-103
Location	On orbit
Official KSC Launch Date/Time	August 10, 2001 at 5:10:14 p.m. EDT
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	August 22, 2001 at about 1:00 p.m.
Mission Duration	11 days, 19 hours
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

Note: (previous notes)

Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, commanded by Scott Horowitz, occurred today at 5:10:14 p.m. EDT at the opening of the planar window. Mission managers decided to launch five minutes earlier than the announced preferred in-plane launch time due to advancing clouds that might have been reason for concern. There were no violations of launch weather criteria at the time of launch.

Discovery successfully achieved orbit about eight minutes after liftoff from KSC's launch complex 39A. Discovery and her crew will spend the next two days catching up to the International Space Station for a docking that is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. The crew will then spend the next eight days transferring equipment to the Station and performing two spacewalks. Also, the expedition crews will exchange places leaving Commander Frank Culbertson and two cosmonauts aboard for the next four months. Landing of Discovery is set for Aug. 22 at about 1 p.m. at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility.

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