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Launch Pad 39A
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
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Lift off !
October 11, 2000, 7:17 p.m. (CDT)
Maximum 3G force on astronauts |
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Solid Rocket Booster burn out and separation
Two minutes after lift off
Altitude 45 km |
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External Tank separation
Nine minutes after lift off |
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Orbit insertion
- Altitude 320 km
- Inclination 51.6 degrees
Circles the Earth every 90 minutes |
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On orbit activities
- Rendezvous and Docking with the ISS
- Mission activities
- Attach Z1 truss and PMA-3 to Unity.
- Logistics transfer to the ISS.
- EVA (flight days 5,6,7,8)
- Undocking
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Deorbit
One hour prior to landing
Entry into Earth's atmosphere
30 minutes before landing |
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Landing
Edwards Air Force Base, California
October 24, 2000, 2:00p.m.(PDT) |
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