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KENNEDY SPACE
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SHUTTLE & PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORTTuesday, October 1, 2002 (11:30 a.m.) For the
latest Shuttle status on the web visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm For the
latest launch weather forecast visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/weatstat/forecast.htm Visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/schedule.htm
on the KSC Home Page for the latest schedule of future Shuttle missions. MISSION
STS-112 -- 15TH ISS FLIGHT (9A) – S1 Truss Segment
TARGET LAUNCH DATE: Oct. 2, 2002 NET TARGET LAUNCH PERIOD: 2 – 6 p.m. EDT TARGET LANDING DATE: Oct. 13, 2002 MISSION
DURATION: 11 days CREW:
Ashby, Melroy, Wolf, Sellers, Magnus, Yurchikhin ORBITAL
ALTITUDE AND INCLINATION: 122 nautical
miles, 51.6 degrees Shuttle Processing
Note: As preparations at the Kennedy
Space Center progress smoothly toward Wednesday’s scheduled launch of the Space
Shuttle Atlantis, program managers continue to monitor the progress of
Hurricane Lili to assess the storm’s potential impact to the Mission Control
Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. While Hurricane Lili poses
no immediate threat to KSC, the storm is currently predicted to make landfall
on the Gulf coast somewhere between Louisiana and Houston, Texas, near the end
of the week. Mission managers will meet today to discuss the progress and
forecast for Hurricane Lili. At KSC, the launch control team is not tracking any
serious issues at this time. Overnight, liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
reactants were loaded into Atlantis’ power reactant and storage distribution
system. Major activities today include activating communications systems later
this afternoon and rolling back the Rotating Service Structure away from the
orbiter this evening. Should managers decide to proceed with launch, tanking
operations will begin Wednesday morning. Currently, Atlantis remains scheduled for an on time
launch Wednesday, October 2, between the hours of 2-6 p.m. The exact launch
time will be announced later today. Air Force weather forecasters are currently
predicting a 40 percent chance of violating launch criteria on Wednesday. The
primary concerns are for possible coastal showers and winds beyond allowable
limits at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. STS-112 crew will be spending the day relaxing,
reviewing their flight plans and flying in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. The
crew is commanded by Jeff Ashby and piloted by Pam Melroy. Mission specialists
include: David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus and Fyodor Yurchikhin. -- end -- |
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