|
MISSION:
STS-112
-- 15th
ISS Flight (9A) - S1 Truss Segment |
| Vehicle |
Atlantis/OV-104 |
| Target Launch Date |
October 2, 2002 |
| Target Launch
Period |
2 - 6 p.m. EDT |
| Target Landing Date |
October 13, 2002 |
| Mission Duration |
11 days |
| Crew |
Ashby, Melroy, Wolf,
Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin |
| Orbital Insertion Altitude/Inclination |
122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees |
|
| |
|
Shuttle
Processing Note (previous notes) |
 Countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis began on schedule over the weekend with no serious technical issues being addressed. Tonight, liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen reactants will be pumped into Atlantis’ onboard power reactant and storage distribution system. Atlantis remains scheduled for an on time launch Wednesday, Oct. 2 between the hours of 2-6 p.m. The exact launch time will be announced Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 1.
The S-one truss is in the orbiter’s payload bay and the payload bay doors are closed for flight. No additional prelaunch activities are scheduled for the truss segment.
The crew of mission STS-112 arrived at KSC Sunday morning, Sept. 29. Today and tomorrow they will be reviewing their flight plans and flying in the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). The crew is commanded by Jeff Ashby and piloted by Pam Melroy. Mission specialists include: David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus and Fyodor
Yurchikhin.
Air Force weather forecasters are currently predicting a 40 percent chance of violating launch criteria on Wednesday. The primary concerns are for possible local showers and thunderstorms.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Tropical Storm Lili will be a hurricane located in the Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday. Lili poses no immediate threat to KSC. However, managers are closely monitoring the track of the storm and will discuss contingency plans if the storm tracks toward mission control in Houston,
Texas.
|
|
|
|
|
|
