yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/04/90)
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 3, 1990
Lisa Malone
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
LAUNCH ADVISORY: STS-32 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
NASA managers today set Jan. 8, 1990 as the official target
launch date for Shuttle mission STS-32. The primary objectives
of this flight are deployment of the Syncom IV-5 communications
satellite and retrieval of the Long Duration Exposure Facility
(LDEF) using the orbiter Columbia. In addition, as a 10-day
flight, it is the first in a series of missions to extend the
flight duration of the orbiter.
The launch window on Jan. 8 will open at approximately 8:10
a.m. EST and is 58 minutes in length. The exact launch time will
be determined 12 hours prior to launch based on the latest data
on the location of LDEF. Should launch take place on Jan. 8,
landing would be on Jan. 18 at 5:23 a.m. EST at Dryden Flight
Research Facility, Edwards, Calif.
At the present time no issues are being worked which would
be a constraint to launch on Jan. 8.