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From: starrfie@hydro.la.asu.edu (Sumner Starrfield)
Subject: KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 11-28-93
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 93 20:09:53 MST
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| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT |
| Sunday, November 28, 1993 |
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KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham 407-867-2468 (fax 867-2692)
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| MISSION: STS-61 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING |
| LAUNCH MINUS 3 DAYS |
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VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 356 miles
LOCATION: Pad 39-B INCLINATION: 28.45 degrees
LAUNCH DATE: December 1 CREW SIZE: 7
LAUNCH TIME: 4:57 a.m. EST LANDING LOCATIONS: KSC
LAUNCH WINDOW: 1 hour/7 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/22 hours
EXPECTED KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Dec. 12/2:42 a.m. EST
NOTE: The countdown for Endeavour's launch began today at 9 a.m. at the
T-43 hour mark. Forecasters indicate a 40 percent probability of weather
prohibiting launch with the primary concerns being low clouds, showers
and crosswinds at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The seven member crew for
this mission arrived at KSC at about 11 a.m. Saturday.
Also, if the Atlas 2 launch scheduled for tonight (6:09 -7:25 p.m.) from
Cape Canaveral enters a 24-hour turnaround, the STS-61 T-27 hour hold
becomes 28 hours long and launch of Endeavour is postponed until Dec. 2
at 4:26 a.m.
IN WORK TODAY:
* Countdown began today at 9 a.m. at the T-43 hour mark
* Verification of Shuttle power on systems, data processing and flight
control systems
* Stowage of mid-deck and flight deck supplies and payloads
* Preparations for power reactant and storage distribution system
operations
* Orbiter and payload bay closeouts
* Retract payload ground handling mechanism
* Close payload bay doors (9 p.m. today)
* Repressurize orbital maneuvering system with gaseous nitrogen
WORK SCHEDULED:
* Load cryogenic reactants into onboard power reactant storage and
distribution system tanks (Monday)
* Retract rotating service structure (9 a.m. Tuesday)
* External tank loading operations (8 p.m. Tuesday)
WORK COMPLETED:
* Orbiter main engine aft compartment closeouts
* Crew arrival (11 a.m. Saturday)
* Crew compartment close-outs and launch countdown preparations
* Mass memory unit loads and external tank purges
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| SUMMARY OF HOLDS AND HOLD TIMES FOR STS-61 |
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T-TIME ------- LENGTH OF HOLD ---- HOLD BEGINS ---- HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours --- 4 hours ----------- 1 am Mon.------- 5 am Mon.
T-19 hours --- 4 hours ----------- 1 pm Mon.------- 5 pm Mon.
T-11 hours --- 13 hrs.,37 mins. -- 1 am Tues.------ 2:37 pm Tues.
T-6 hours ---- 1 hour ------------ 7:37 pm Tues.--- 8:37 pm Tues.
T-3 hours ---- 2 hours ---------- 11:37 pm Tues.--- 1:37 am Wed.
T-20 minutes - 10 minutes -------- 4:17 am Wed.---- 4:27 am Wed.
T-9 minutes -- 10 minutes -------- 4:38 am Wed.---- 4:48 am Wed.
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| CREW FOR MISSION FOR STS-61 |
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Commander (CDR): Dick Covey
Pilot (PLT): Ken Bowersox
Mission Specialist (MS1): Kathy Thornton (EVA3)
Mission Specialist (MS2): Claude Nicollier
Mission Specialist (MS3): Jeff Hoffman (EVA1)
Mission Specialist (MS4): Story Musgrave (EVA2)
Mission Specialist (MS5): Tom Akers (EVA4)
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| SUMMARY OF STS-61 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES |
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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993
9:30 p.m. Wake up
11:00 p.m. Breakfast
11:30 p.m. Free Time
Wednesday Dec. 1, 1993
12:32 a.m. Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
12:32 a.m. Don flight equipment (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)
12:42 a.m. Don flight equipment (CDR, PLT, MS2)
1:12 a.m. Depart for launch pad 39-B
1:42 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress
2:57 a.m. Close crew hatch
4:57 a.m. Launch
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