|
MISSION:
STS-113 --
16th ISS
Flight (11A) - P1 Truss Segment |
| Vehicle |
Endeavour/OV-105 |
| Target Launch Date |
November 11, 2002
at 12:59 a.m. EST |
| Target Landing Date |
November 21, 2002 at
about 8:17 p.m. EST |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Wetherbee, Lockhart,
Lopez-Alegria, Herrington |
| ISS Crew Up: |
Bowersox, Budarin, Pettit |
| ISS Crew Down: |
Korzun,
Whitson, Treschev |
| Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination |
122
nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
|
|
|
Shuttle
Processing Note (previous
notes) |
Countdown activities continue on schedule for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. Mission managers met Friday afternoon and are working no technical issues at this time that would prevent an on time launch of Endeavour. At the Pad, filling of the on-board Power Reactant and Storage Distribution tanks with the needed liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to support the mission was completed this morning, with final Space Shuttle Main Engine checks beginning this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon, managers will meet again to give the go ahead to begin filling the External Tank with more than 500,000 gallons of liquid propellant.
Weather forecasters predict a ridge of high pressure to extend across south Florida early Monday morning causing slight concerns for isolated showers in the Kennedy Space Center area during the launch window. The probability of weather at KSC prohibiting launch is 20 percent and only 5 percent of weather issues prohibiting tanking activities. If a launch delay was required, there is a 30 percent chance of weather prohibiting launch for a 24-hour turnaround and a 60 percent chance of weather prohibiting launch for a 48-hour turnaround.
|
|
|
|
