Space Shuttle Status Report 1 Feb 2001
MISSION: STS-98 – 7th ISS Flight (5A) – U.S. Laboratory
VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Feb. 7, 2001 at 6:11 p.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Feb. 18, 2001 at about 12:58 p.m. EST
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days, 18 hours and 47 minutes
CREW: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Routine prelaunch processing continues on schedule
for mission STS-98. At Launch Pad 39A, workers have completed Shuttle
ordnance connections. Atlantis’ aft engine compartment is being closed-out
for flight today and technicians will install the aft doors early tomorrow.
Shuttle hypergolic pressurization efforts continue through Friday. In
Firing Room No. 3, engineers are conducting standard launch countdown
preparations today and tomorrow. The countdown clock is scheduled to start
at the T-43 hour mark at 10 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday morning, workers will
replace one of the three space suits aboard Atlantis. The replacement suit
will be left aboard the International Space Station during the STS-98
flight.
Upcoming Milestones (target dates only):
Orbiter aft compartment closeouts complete – Feb. 2
Flight crew arrives at KSC – Feb. 4 at about 1:30 p.m.
Launch countdown begins- Feb.
4 at 10 p.m.
MISSION: STS-102 – 8th ISS Flight (5A.1) – Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Mar. 8, 2001 at 6:45 a.m. EST
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Mar. 20, 2001 at 1:13 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: less than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes
CREW: Wetherbee, Kelly, Thomas, Richards; (up) Voss, Helms, Usachev; (down)
Shepherd, Gidzenko, Krikalev
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Discovery’s forward compartment is closed-out for
flight. Weight and center of gravity testing is complete. Technicians
today will connect Discovery to the orbiter transport system and first
motion toward the VAB is planned for 6 p.m. EST today. Once in the VAB
transfer aisle, workers will proceed with efforts to lift Discovery into
high bay 1and mate the orbiter to the external tank and solid rocket
boosters.
MISSION: STS-100 – 9th ISS Flight (6A) -Raffaello MPLM, SSRMS
VEHICLE: Endeavour/OV-105
LOCATION: Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Apr. 19, 2001 at 2:04 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Apr. 30, 2001 at 9:56 a.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Rominger, Ashby, Hadfield, Parazynski, Phillips, Guidoni, Lonchakov
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Shuttle Processing Note: Deservicing of Endeavour’s freon coolant loop No. 1
is complete. Technicians will now proceed with planned repair of a single
line on that system. Drag chute installation will conclude today.
