Spaceflight Now: Space Station/STS-98

STS-98 Landing Weather Forecast
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: 02:45 p.m., February 19, 2001

Source: Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center

 Forecast for Tuesday, February 20


Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Winds: From 110 degrees at 9 knots with gusts to 16 knots
Maximum crosswind component: 10.05 knots
Clouds: 4.5K scattered
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
CONCERNS: None

Edwards Air Force Base, California
Winds: From 230 degrees at 8 knots with gusts to 14 knots
Clouds: 5K scattered, 10K broken, 25K broken
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
CONCERNS: Chance of broken clouds at 5K feet

Northrup Strip/White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico
Winds: From 230 degrees at 6 knots with gusts to 12 knots
Clouds: 10K few, 25K broken
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
CONCERNS: None

 
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    Vehicle: Soyuz
    Crew: Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev
    Launch date: Oct. 31, 2000
    Launch time: 0753 GMT (2:53 a.m. EST)
    Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
    Return vehicle: Shuttle Discovery (STS-102)
    Landing date: Mid-March 2001
    Landing site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

    Mission 2: ISS-5A (STS-98)
    Vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis
    Crew: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins
    Launch date: Feb. 7, 2001
    Launch time: 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 GMT)
    Launch site: LC-39A, KSC
    Landing date: Feb. 20, 2001
    Landing time: 12:27 p.m. EST (1727 GMT)
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