yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (10/12/89)
Sarah Keegan
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 11, 1989
LAUNCH ADVISORY: STS-34 MISSION
NASA officials today evaluated the work that will remain
after changing out the number 2 main engine controller to prepare
the Atlantis for its next flight. They have estimated there is a
fifty-fifty chance of completing the necessary work in time to
launch on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Shuttle engineers and technicians will work towards an
objective of launch on Tuesday, but managers will make a final
decision at about noon on Saturday, Oct. 14, as to whether a
Tuesday launch is achievable or whether the launch will occur on
Wednesday, Oct. 18.snidely@inteloa.intel.com (David P. Schneider) (10/16/89)
In article <33410@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: >Sarah Keegan >Headquarters, Washington, D.C. October 11, 1989 > >LAUNCH ADVISORY: STS-34 MISSION > > Shuttle engineers and technicians will work towards an >objective of launch on Tuesday, but managers will make a final >decision at about noon on Saturday, Oct. 14... The word Saturday evening was "Go for Tuesday". The launch window is 26 minutes long, starting near 12:30 PM [EST, probably]. The launch window is determined by the exepected send-off of Galileo. If the shuttle launched outside this window, NASA would need more dynamic plans than they currently support [as I understand it, mostly from the net], so it becomes easier to roll over to the next day while still on the ground. David P. Schneider BiiN (tm) Monday, 10.16