[sarex] Shuttle Launch Status

[Roy Neal <k6due@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER           <<...>>
SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS_______________
KSC Contact: Joel Wells
Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000

(8:03 PM)

NOTE: Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm on
the
KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions.

Launch - 2 Days

MISSION: STS-92 - 5th ISS Flight (3A) - Z-1 Truss, PMA-3

LOCATION:  Launch Pad 39A
TARGET KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: Oct. 5, 2000 at about 9:38 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Oct. 16, 2000 at about 4:57 p.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW:  No more than 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 11 days
CREW: Duffy, Melroy, Wakata, Chiao, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, McArthur
ORBITAL ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 177 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Completed Shuttle Processing: The launch countdown for mission STS-92
began
at 12 a.m. today as scheduled. Over the weekend, workers concluded aft
compartment close-outs and installed Discovery's aft doors Saturday. The

seven-member flight crew arrived at KSC Sunday at about 7 p.m. to begin
final preparation for launch. Flight crew equipment early stow is
complete
and Discovery's payload bay doors were closed for flight yesterday
evening.

Upcoming Prelaunch Milestones:
*       Loading of Discovery's onboard cryogenic storage tanks begins .
. .
. . . . . . . . Oct. 3 at 8 p.m.
*       Final Shuttle main engine preparations begin . . . . . . . . . .
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 4 at 8 a.m.
*       Flight crew equipment late stow begins . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 4 at 10:20 p.m.
*       Rotating Service Structure moved away from vehicle . . . . . . .
. .
. . . . . . . . . Oct. 5 at 1:30 a.m.
*       Earliest start for external tank loading . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .
. . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . Oct. 5 at 12:13 p.m.

        Weather forecasters indicate a 40 percent chance of weather
violation for Thursday's launch attempt. The official forecast calls for

clouds to be scattered to broken from 3,000 feet to 7, 000 feet and from

12,000 to 16,000 feet, and broken from 25,000 to 30,000 feet; visibility
at
7 miles; launch pad winds from the east southeast at 12 gusting to 20
knots;
temperature at 78 degrees F; and relative humidity at 85 percent. The
primary concern is for lingering showers or low clouds.   The 24-hour
delay
forecast indicates a 40 percent chance of weather violation and the
48-hour
delay forecast shows a 60 percent chance of weather prohibiting launch.



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SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-92

    T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD        HOLD BEGINS        HOLD ENDS

T-27 hours      4 hours 4 p.m. Tues.    8 p.m. Tues.
T-19 hours      4 hours 4 a.m. Wed.     8 a.m. Wed.
T-11 hours      13 hours, 43 minutes    4 p.m. Wed.     5:43 a.m. Thurs.

T-6 hours       2 hours 10:43 a.m. Thurs.       12:43 a.m. Thurs.
T-3 hours       2 hours 3:43 p.m. Thurs.        5:43 p.m. Thurs.
T-20 minutes    10 minutes      8:23 p.m. Thurs.        8:33 p.m. Thurs.

T-9 minutes     about 45 minutes        8:44 p.m. Thurs.        9:29
p.m.
Thurs.


CREW FOR MISSION STS-92
Commander (CDR):        Brian Duffy
Pilot (PLT):    Pamela Melroy
Mission Specialist (MS1):       Leroy Chiao
Mission Specialist (MS2):       Bill McArthur
Mission Specialist (MS3):       Jeff Wisoff
Mission Specialist (MS4): Mission Specialist (MS5):     Michael
Lopez-Alegria Koichi Wakata


SUMMARY OF STS-92 LAUNCH DAY CREW ACTIVITIES

Thursday, Oct. 5

9:30 a.m.       Crew wake up
10:30 a.m.      Breakfast
*4:38 p.m.      Snack and photo
5:08 p.m.       Weather briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)
5:08 p.m.       Don flight suits (MS1, MS3, MS4, MS5)
*5:18 p.m.      Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)
*5:48 p.m.      Depart for launch pad
*6:18 p.m.      Arrive at white room and begin ingress
*7:33 p.m.      Close crew hatch
*9:38 p.m.      Launch


* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
All times Eastern
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Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World
Wide
Web at:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm . Information about the
countdown and mission can be accessed electronically via the Internet
at:
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/ and at
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/

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