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From: starrfie@hydro.la.asu.edu (Sumner Starrfield)
Subject: FWD: HST Servicing - Launch (fwd)
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 93 8:00:34 MST
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>From SONNEBORN@FORNAX.GSFC.NASA.GOV Thu Dec 2 06:39:50 1993
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 8:46:35 -0500 (EST)
From: "George Sonneborn, GSFC Code 681, 301/286-3665" <SONNEBORN@FORNAX.GSFC.NASA.GOV>
To: hrsshore@FORNAX.GSFC.NASA.GOV, starrfie@hydro.la.asu.edu
Message-ID: <vsnet-history1849@hoge.baba.hajime.jp>
Subject: FWD: HST Servicing - Launch
HST Servicing Mission is off and running.
Grapple occurs approximately 48 hours after launch and the
first EVA occurs no sooner than a day after that.
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 1993 6:43 AM EST Msg: TJJD-3122-7886
From: PAO.KSC
Subj: KSC SHUTTLE STATUS 12-2-93
MISSION: STS-61 -- HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING
FLIGHT DAY 1
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105 ORBITAL ALTITUDE: 356 miles
LOCATION: Pad 39-B INCLINATION: 28.45 degrees
LAUNCH DATE: December 2 CREW SIZE: 7
LAUNCH TIME: 4:27 a.m. EST LANDING LOCATION: KSC
MISSION DURATION: 10 days/22 hours
EXPECTED KSC LANDING DATE: Dec. 13
The launch of Endeavour on mission STS-61 occurred on
schedule this morning at 4:27 a.m. EST. Launch occcurred at the
opening of the window. The countdown was trouble-free and
Endeavour's ascent into orbit was nominal.
The seven astronauts and the Shuttle Endeavour are now or-
biting roughly 350 miles above the earth at a speed of 17,500
miles-per-hour. The orbiter is circling the planet once every 90
minutes. Endeavour's payload bay doors have been opened and the
astronauts are configuring the vehicle for its on-orbit opera-
tions. The astronauts are scheduled to begin their sleep period
at noon today. The orbital adjustment engine firings to track
down the Hubble Space Telescope are planned to occur tomorrow.
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