Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 10 July 2001

By SpaceRef Editor

July 10, 2001

Filed under Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle, US

MISSION: STS-104 – 10th ISS Flight (7A) – Airlock

VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104

LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B

KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 5:04 a.m. EDT

KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001 at 12:58 a.m.

LAUNCH WINDOW: about 5 minutes

MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours and 54 minutes

CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Gernhardt, Kavandi, Reilly

ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Activities continue on schedule for the launch of
Shuttle mission STS-104 Thursday morning. Operations to load the cryogenic
reactants into Atlantis’ onboard storage tanks will wrap up this morning,
and preparations for demating the obiter mid-body umbilical unit will begin
this afternoon. No technical issues are being discussed by the launch team
or the mission management team.

Launch Preparation Milestones:

Stow flight crew equipment – July 11 (5:20 a.m.)

Move Rotating Service Structure to park – July 11 (9 a.m.)

Begin loading external tank with propellants – July 11 (as early as 7:38 p.m.)

Weather Status: Forecasters indicate an abundance of tropical moisture in
the central Florida area with disturbances moving in from the north. This
will result in a threat of coastal precipitation through the weekend. At
launch time on Thursday, clouds are expected to be scattered at 2000 feet
and broken at 12,000 feet and 25,000 feet. Visibility will be 7 miles,
temperature 74 degrees F., and humidity 93 percent. Pad winds will be from
the west at 8 -12 knots. Coastal showers and thunderstorm anvil clouds are
the primary concern. As a result, there is a 40 percent chance of KSC
weather prohibiting launch. The 24-hour and 48-hour scrub turnaround
forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of violation each day. Also, the late
Wednesday afternoon forecast calls for 30 percent chance of weather
violating tanking constraints.

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, winds are expected to be from the southwest
at 7-11 knots. At the Solid Rocket Booster recovery area in the Atlantic,
seas are expected to be 3 – 5 feet and winds from the west at 15-18 knots.

SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-104

    T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD        HOLD BEGINS        HOLD ENDS

T-27 hours 4 hours 12 a.m. Tues. 4 a.m. Tues.

T-19 hours 4 hours 12 noon Tues.  4 p.m. Tues.

T-11 hours 13 hours, 8 minutes 12 a.m. Wed. 1:08 p.m. Wed.

T-6 hours 2 hours 6:08 p.m. Wed. 8:08 p.m. Wed.

T-3 hours 2 hours 11:08 p.m. Wed. 1:08 a.m. Thurs.

T-20 minutes 10 minutes 3:48 a.m. Thurs. 3:58 a.m. Thurs.

T-9 minutes about 45 minutes 4:09 a.m. Thurs.  4:54 a.m.

Thurs.

CREW FOR MISSION STS-104

Commander (CDR): Steven Lindsey

Pilot (PLT): Charles Hobaugh

Mission Specialist (MS1): Michael Gernhardt

Mission Specialist (MS2): Janet Kavandi

Mission Specialist (MS3): James Reilly

SUMMARY OF STS-104 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Wed., July 11

5 p.m. Crew wake up

5:45 p.m. Breakfast

6:30 p.m. Medical checks

10 p.m. Photo and Lunch (to be recorded and televised later)