sjb (11/06/82)
Preparations for the countdown for the launch of STS-5 were right on schedule going into this morning. The countdown is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning, with the launch set for 0719 EST Thursday, 11 November. Eight hours after launch, a SBS satellite will be ejected, and on the next day, a Telsat satellite will be ejected. Forty-five minutes after each clears the cargo bay, with the shuttle turned away, solid rocket engines will ignite and lift the satellites into geosynchronous orbits. On the 14th, mission specialists Lenoir and Allen will make a joint space walk, America's first in about nine years. The shuttle is scheduled to land at EAFB on the 16th.