[sci.space.shuttle] Launch Advisory for 02/09/90

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (02/12/90)

  Jim Cast                                  Saturday, Feb. 10, 1990
  Headquarters, Washington, D.C.


  Lisa Malone
  Kennedy Space Center, Fla.


  Release No.  90-XX


  LAUNCH DATE SET FOR STS-36


  At the conclusion of today's Flight Readiness  Reivew  at  NASA's
  Kennedy Space Center,  Fla.,  Space Shuttle managers set a target
  date of February 22 for the launch of Atlantis on mission STS-36.
  The four-hour launch period for  this  classified  Department  of
  Defense  mission  is  scheduled to extend from 12 a.m.  to 4 a.m.
  EST.

  At the present time,  no significant problems stand in the way of
  launch on February 22.