John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

January 5, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	January Status Reports

Note

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-98 -- 7th ISS Flight (5A) - U.S. Laboratory

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	Launch Pad 39A
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	January 19, 2001 at 2:11 a.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	January 29, 2001 at 10:37 p.m. EST
Launch Window	less than 5 minutes
Mission Duration	10 days, 20 hours
Crew	Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
Orbit Altitude and Inclination	177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (mission processing summary)

Activities at launch pad 39A continue on schedule for launch of Shuttle Atlantis on Jan. 19. Work at the pad this weekend includes finalizing launch pad validations and the completion of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The U.S. Laboratory "Destiny" is scheduled for installation into Atlantis' payload bay this weekend.

Early next week, work will begin to load hypergolic propellants into the orbiter's storage tanks. This should be complete by Wednesday, Jan. 10 and will be followed by the main engine flight readiness test and ordnance installation activities. Following final payload testing, the payload bay doors will be closed for flight Thursday, Jan. 11.

Upcoming Milestones (dates are targets only)

Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test complete	January 6
Begin loading propellant into Atlantis' onboard tanks	January 8
Shuttle Main Engine testing	January 10
Orbiter aft compartment close-outs begin	January 11
Ordnance installation begins	January 13

Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm. Information about the countdown and mission can be accessed electronically via the Internet at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/shuttle/countdown/ and at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/


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