khayo@sonia.math.ucla.edu (Eric Behr) (06/07/88)
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LAUNCH SIMULATION TO EXERCISE LAUNCH, FLIGHT AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS
NOTE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
June 6, 1988
An integrated Space Shuttle launch simulation will be
conducted at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., Tues., June 7,
1988. The simulation is designed to fully test the coordination
of functions between the mission management team and the launch,
flight and support teams.
The mission management team, chaired by Robert Crippen,
Space Transportation System deputy director for Operations, will
function during launch countdown and flight as a program level
oversight group to review status of the countdown and flight
activities. The team also will be responsible for making
decisions associated with launch countdown and in-flight
activities.
The simulated countdown will begin at the T-minus 3-hour
mark planned at 6:30 a.m. EST. The countdown will proceed
through liftoff and will include a simulated Return-To-Launch-
Site Abort to exercise the teams.
The simulation will involve personnel at KSC; the Johnson
Space Center, Houston, Texas; the Marshall Space Flight Center,
Huntsville, Ala.; Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.;
and the Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, Calif.
Coverage of the simulation, beginning at 6:30 a.m. EST, is
available on NASA Select Television on Satcom F-2R, transponder
13, C-band, orbital position 72 degrees west longitude.
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Eric