KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SHUTTLE and PAYLOAD PROCESSING STATUS REPORT 
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001 (5:30 p.m.) 				KSC
Contact:
Bruce Buckingham

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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. 10, 2001 at 5:15 p.m. EDT
TARGET KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: Aug. 22, 2001 at about 1 p.m.
MISSION DURATION: 11 days, 19 hours 
CREW: Horowitz, Sturckow, Barry, Forrester; (ISS up) Culbertson, Dezhurov,
Tyurin; (ISS down) Usachev, Voss, Helms, 
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6
degrees

Launch countdown activities for mission STS-105 were called off today at
about 5:12 p.m. during the T-9 minute hold due to the high potential for
lightning, a thick cloud cover and the potential for showers. These were
clear violations of launch weather criteria.

A 24-hour scrub turnaround has been called, leading to the next launch
attempt on Friday, Aug. 10, at the preferred launch time of about 5:15
p.m.
The launch window extends for about 5 minutes. 

Once the crew exits the vehicle over the next hour, they will return to
their crew quarters at KSC. Meanwhile, launch directors are overseeing the
off-loading of the propellants from the external tank.

Tomorrow, operations to reload the external tank with its complement of
500,000 gallons of liquid cryogenic propellants is scheduled to began at
about 8 a.m. 

The crew will be awakened at about 7 a.m. At about 11:30 a.m., they will
have lunch followed by a final update on the launch time weather forecast.
They are scheduled to depart for the pad at about 1:15 p.m.

Weather forecasters are indicating a 70 percent chance that weather may
prevent launch on Friday. The primary concerns are for showers and
thunderstorms in the vicinity of the launch pad.


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