John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Status Reports

July 20, 2001


2001 Year at a Glance	Status Reports	June 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-104 -- 10th ISS Flight (7A) - Airlock

Vehicle	Atlantis/OV-104
Location	On orbit
KSC Launch Date/Time	July 12, 2001 at 5:03:59 a.m. EDT
KSC Landing Date/Time	July 23, 2001 at 12:34 a.m. EDT
Mission Duration	10 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes
Crew	Lindsey, Hobaugh, Kavandi, Gernhardt, Reilly
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles /51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Orbiter Atlantis continues to perform well on orbit. At KSC, solid rocket booster open assessments began Monday, and to date have revealed both boosters to be in excellent condition. Booster disassembly preparation is in work and segment demates begin Tuesday. The solid rocket motors are scheduled for railcar shipment to Utah in about 2 weeks. Post-launch film review indicates no abnormal damage at the launch pad.

A preliminary weather forecast indicates the threat of scattered showers and thunderstorms over central Florida at the time of Atlantis' first planned landing opportunity on July 24. The forecast calls for scattered clouds at 2,000 feet and broken clouds at 12,000 and 25,000 feet; visibility at 7 miles; wind from the southeast at 8 peaking to 14 knots; temperature at 75 degrees F and relative humidity at 91 percent.

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 and 20 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 (226 kilometers)/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Processing of Space Shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39A continues on schedule for the Aug. 9 target launch date. The STS-105 and Expedition 3 flight crews have been at KSC since last Tuesday participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The visit culminated with a launch day dress rehearsal this morning. The astronauts are scheduled to depart KSC for Houston, Texas this afternoon.

At the pad, Discovery's helium signature leak test is complete. Over the weekend, technicians will complete some minor subcomponent work on auxiliary power unit No. 2. Workers will complete a main engine flight readiness test Tuesday and proceed with payload operations midweek.

Payload Processing Note (previous notes)

The Leonardo MPLM arrives at the pad July 25 for installation into the payload changeout room. Leonardo will be installed into Discovery's payload bay July 27. The standard payload interface verification test is scheduled for Aug. 2 and the payload bay doors will be closed for flight Aug. 6.

MISSION: STS-108 -- 12th ISS Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM

Vehicle	Endeavour/OV-105
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Nov. 29, 2001 at 8:05 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Dec. 9, 2001
Mission Duration	10 days
Crew	Gorie, Kelly, Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3 down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Turin
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	122 nautical miles (226 kilometers)/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

While Endeavour is powered down, workers are performing planned modifications on orbiter wiring and harnesses. A powered-up checkout is scheduled to begin July 30.

Payload Processing Note (previous notes)

The Raffaello MPLM began pre-integration checkout in the Space Station Processing Facility July 17.

MISSION: STS-109 -- HST Servicing Mission 3B

Vehicle	Columbia/OV-102
Location	Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3
Target KSC Launch Date/Time	Jan. 17, 2002 at 2:40 p.m. EST
Target KSC Landing Date/Time	Jan. 28, 2002
Mission Duration	TBD
Crew	Altman, Carey, Grunsfeld, Currie, Newman, Linnehan, Massimino
Orbital Insertion Altitude and Inclination	308 nautical miles (570 kilometers)/28.5 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note (previous notes)

Technicians are checking out Columbia's ammonia system this week. Radar altimeter and fuel cell voltage tests are scheduled into next week.

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