Factfile: Discovery shuttle
2005-07-13 14:09
Cape Canaveral - The following is a fact file for the STS-114 mission of the space shuttle Discovery.
Planned launch:
19:51 GMT on Wednesday, July 13 from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre near Cape Canaveral.
Launch window:
5 minutes.
Shuttle:
Discovery, one of the three remaining space shuttles in the fleet, along with Atlantis and Endeavour.
Mission duration:
11 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes.
Planned landing:
15:05 GMT on Monday, July 25 at the Kennedy Space Centre, or, in case of bad weather, at White Sands, New Mexico.
Emergency landing sites:
Zaragoza, Spain; Moron, Spain; and Istres, France.
Orbital insertion altitude:
225.94 kilometres.
Altitude for rendezvous with ISS:
351 kilometres.
Mission:
Evaluation of new safety techniques and delivery of supplies to the International Space Station.
Spacewalks:
Three, each lasting six and a half hours.
Weight of shuttle at launch, including external tank and rocket boosters:
2 051 tons.
Weight of the orbiter and payload at launch:
121.1 tons.
Weight of the orbiter at landing:
102.9 tonnes
Payload:
Raffaello, a multi-purpose module containing laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies.
Crew:
Commander: Eileen Collins
Pilot: James Kelly
Mission specialists:
Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson, Andrew Thomas, Wendy Lawrence and Charles Camarda.
- AFP