Status Report

Space Shuttle Processing Status 11 Jul 2001

By SpaceRef Editor

July 11, 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 concluded yesterday and the
rotating service structure was moved to the launch-park position at 9:30
a.m. today. External tanking operations are scheduled to commence at about
7:30 this evening. No technical issues are being discussed by the launch
team or the mission management team. The flight crew will be sleeping until
about 5 p.m. today. Once awake, they will undergo final medical evaluations
and be seated for their final meal at about 10 p.m. They will don their
flight suits beginning at about 12:30 a.m. tomorrow and depart for the
launch pad at 1:13 a.m.

Weather Status: Forecasters continue to show high amounts of tropical
moisture in the central Florida area with disturbances moving in from the
northwest. This will likely result in a threat of coastal precipitation
through the weekend. At launch time on Thursday, clouds are expected to be
scattered at 1000 feet and 3000 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
low cloud ceilings 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, today’s 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 2 – 4 feet and winds from the southwest at 12-16
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