VEHICLE: Atlantis/OV-104
LOCATION: Launch Pad 39B
KSC LAUNCH DATE/TIME: July 12, 2001 at 5:04 a.m. EDT
KSC LANDING DATE/TIME: July 23, 2001 at 12:58 a.m.
LAUNCH WINDOW: about 5 minutes
MISSION DURATION: 10 days and 19 hours and 54 minutes
CREW: Lindsey, Hobaugh, Gernhardt, Kavandi, Reilly
ORBITAL INSERTION ALTITUDE and INCLINATION: 122 nautical miles/51.6 degrees

Shuttle Processing Note: Activities continue on schedule for the launch of Shuttle mission STS-104 Thursday morning. Operations to load the cryogenic reactants into Atlantis' onboard storage tanks will wrap up this morning, and preparations for demating the obiter mid-body umbilical unit will begin this afternoon. No technical issues are being discussed by the launch team or the mission management team.

Launch Preparation Milestones:

Stow flight crew equipment - July 11 (5:20 a.m.)
Move Rotating Service Structure to park - July 11 (9 a.m.)
Begin loading external tank with propellants - July 11 (as early as 7:38 p.m.)

Weather Status: Forecasters indicate an abundance of tropical moisture in the central Florida area with disturbances moving in from the north. This will result in a threat of coastal precipitation through the weekend. At launch time on Thursday, clouds are expected to be scattered at 2000 feet and broken at 12,000 feet and 25,000 feet. Visibility will be 7 miles, temperature 74 degrees F., and humidity 93 percent. Pad winds will be from the west at 8 -12 knots. Coastal showers and thunderstorm anvil clouds are the primary concern. As a result, there is a 40 percent chance of KSC weather prohibiting launch. The 24-hour and 48-hour scrub turnaround forecast calls for a 60 percent chance of violation each day. Also, the late Wednesday afternoon forecast calls for 30 percent chance of weather violating tanking constraints.

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, winds are expected to be from the southwest at 7-11 knots. At the Solid Rocket Booster recovery area in the Atlantic, seas are expected to be 3 - 5 feet and winds from the west at 15-18 knots.

SUMMARY OF BUILT-IN HOLDS FOR STS-104

    T-TIME            LENGTH OF HOLD        HOLD BEGINS        HOLD ENDS
T-27 hours 4 hours 12 a.m. Tues. 4 a.m. Tues.
T-19 hours 4 hours 12 noon Tues.  4 p.m. Tues.
T-11 hours 13 hours, 8 minutes 12 a.m. Wed. 1:08 p.m. Wed.
T-6 hours 2 hours 6:08 p.m. Wed. 8:08 p.m. Wed.
T-3 hours 2 hours 11:08 p.m. Wed. 1:08 a.m. Thurs.
T-20 minutes 10 minutes 3:48 a.m. Thurs. 3:58 a.m. Thurs.
T-9 minutes about 45 minutes 4:09 a.m. Thurs.  4:54 a.m.
Thurs.

Commander (CDR): Steven Lindsey

Pilot (PLT): Charles Hobaugh

Mission Specialist (MS1): Michael Gernhardt

Mission Specialist (MS2): Janet Kavandi

Mission Specialist (MS3): James Reilly

Wed., July 11

5 p.m. Crew wake up

5:45 p.m. Breakfast

6:30 p.m. Medical checks

10 p.m. Photo and Lunch (to be recorded and televised later)

12:33 a.m. Weather Briefing (CDR, PLT, MS2)

12:33 a.m. Don flight suits (MS1 and MS3)

*12:43 a.m. Don flight suits (CDR, PLT, MS2)

*1:13 a.m. Depart for launch pad

*1:43 a.m. Arrive at white room and begin ingress

*2:58 a.m. Close crew hatch

*5:04 a.m. Launch

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