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MISSION:
STS-108 --
12th ISS
Flight (UF1) - Raffaello MPLM |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Target KSC Launch
Date/Time |
Nov. 29, 2001 at
7:41 p.m. EST |
| Target KSC Landing
Date/Time |
Dec. 10, 2001 at
3:16 p.m. |
| Mission Duration |
10 days, 19 hours,
35 minutes |
| Crew |
Gorie, Kelly,
Godwin, Tani; (ISS-4 up) Onufrienko, Bursch, Walz; (ISS-3
down) Culbertson, Dezhurov, Tyurin |
| Orbital Insertion
Altitude and Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
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Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
Preparations are continuing on schedule for the launch of STS-108 on Thursday, Nov. 29. At Pad B, final payload closeouts and aft confidence checks are in progress The payload doors will be closed late this afternoon and the launch team will report on station this evening, ready to pick up the final countdown at the T-43 hour mark at 11 p.m. Over the weekend, the aft doors were closed Saturday night and final payload closeouts continued on Sunday. Last night, several hours after they arrived at KSC, STS-108 crewmembers Linda Godwin, Dan Tani, Carl Walz and Dan Bursch came to the launch pad to participate in crew compartment cable checks and sharp edge inspections in the payload bay.
Air Force forecasters indicate a 40 percent chance of weather prohibiting the launch on Nov. 29, with the possibility of showers/thunderstorms in the KSC area. They predict scattered clouds above 2,000 feet with a visibility of seven miles at launch time. |
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