8-7-01 status
Buckingham-1, Bruce
SHUTTLE and PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001 (5 p.m.)
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MISSION: STS-105 - 11th ISS Flight (7A.1) - Leonardo MPLM
VEHICLE: Discovery/OV-103
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Aug. 9, 2001 at 5:38 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Aug. 21, 2001 at about 1:17 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 19 hours and 39 minutes
CREW: Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS up) Culbertson, Dezhurov,
Turin; (ISS down) Usachev, Voss, Helms,
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees
Launch - 2 days: Launch countdown activities continue on schedule today.
Operations to load the Power Reactant and Storage Distribution system tanks
with cryogenic reactants are set to begin late this afternoon. Loading
operations are scheduled to be completed by early tomorrow morning, at which
time the orbiter mid-body umbilical unit will be demated.
Later tomorrow, the communications system on the Shuttle will be activated
and tested and the rotating service structure will be moved to the launch
position at about 9:30 p.m.
On Thursday beginning at about 8:45 a.m., the external tank will be loaded
with its complement of 500,000 gallons of liquid cryogenic propellants. The
crew will depart for the pad at 1:47 p.m.
Weather forecasters are currently indicating a 40 percent chance that
weather could prevent launch on Thursday. The primary concerns are for
showers and thunderstorms in the vicinity of the launch pad. At launch time
on Thursday, clouds will be scattered at 4000 feet, 10,000 feet and 25,000
feet. Winds will be from the southeast at 10 - 14 knots. Temperature will be
82 degrees, F. and humidity 74 percent. Forecasters call for a 70 percent
chance of violation for a 24-hour and 48-hour delay.
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