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Discovery OV103
Launch: Sunday, December 19, 1999
              7:50 PM (eastern time)


Crew
 
Commander: Curtis L. Brown
Pilot: Scott J Kelly
Mission Specialist 1: Steven L. Smith
Mission Specialist 2: Jean-Francois Clervoy
Mission Specialist 3: John M. Grunsfeld
Mission Specialist 4: Michael Foale
Mission Specialist 5: Claude Nicollier


Launch
 
Orbiter: Discovery OV103
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Launch Window: 41minutes
Altitude: 315 NM insertion
Inclination: 28.45 degrees
Duration:   7 Days 21 Hrs. 34 Min.


Vehicle Data
 
Shuttle Liftoff Weight: 4,506,759 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Liftoff Weight: 248,000 lbs.
Orbiter/Payload Landing Weight:
 
211,129 lbs.
Software Version: OI-26B

Space Shuttle Main Engines: (1 MB pdf)
SSME 1:  2053 SSME 2:  2043 SSME 3:  2049

External Tank:   ET-101   (5 Super Light Weight Tank)

Auxiliary Power Units: (900 KB pdf)
APU-1: 310

APU-2: 204

APU-3: 404

Fuel Cells: (1.4 MB pdf)
FC-1: 110

FC-2: 119

FC-3: 122


Landing
 
Landing Date: 12/27/99
Landing Time: 5:24 PM (eastern time)
Primary Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
landing time approximate



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Updated: 12/20/1999

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