STS-97 Landing Weather Forecast
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: 02:40 p.m., December 11
Weather forecasters report the first landing opportunity today at Kennedy
Space Center is iffy with a cloud ceiling at 8,000 feet and chance of
rain within 30 nautical miles. Conditions do improve for the second KSC
opportunity one orbit later.
NASA landing weather forecast
Source: Spaceflight
Meteorology Group, Johnson Space Center
ISSUED: 12 p.m. EST, December 11 (1700 GMT)
VALID: December 11
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for Monday, December 11 |
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Winds: From 150 degrees at 6 knots with gusts to 10 knots
Maximum crosswind component: <1 knot
Clouds: 3K scattered, 8K broken, 25K broken
Rain: Chance of showers within 30 nautical miles
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT RULE VIOLATIONS:
Precipitation (improves for 2nd opportunity)
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Winds: From 230 degrees at 4 knots with gusts to 6 knots
Clouds: 12K scattered; 20K broken
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT RULE VIOLATIONS: None
Northrup Strip/White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico
Winds: From 220 degrees at 6 knots with gusts to 12 knots
Clouds: 6K few, 25K broken
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT RULE VIOLATIONS: None
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for Tuesday, December 12 |
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Winds: From 40 degrees at 6 knots with gusts to 12 knots
Crosswind component: 11 knots
Clouds: 4K scattered, 8K scattered, 25K scatterred
Rain: Chance of showers within 30 nautical miles
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT
RULE VIOLATIONS: Precipitation
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Winds: From 260 degrees at
12 knots with gusts to 22 knots
Clouds: 4K scattered, 25K scattered
Rain: None
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT
RULE VIOLATIONS: Crosswinds,
turbulence
Northrup Strip/White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico
Winds:
From 160 degrees at 8 knots with gusts to 14 knots
Clouds: 3K broken, 8K overcast
Rain: Rain showers within 30 nautical miles
Visibility: 7 miles
FLIGHT
RULE VIOLATIONS: Low ceiling,
precipitation
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End-of-Mission
Landing Flight Rules
Cloud
coverage of 4/8 or less below 8,000 feet and a visibility of 5 miles
or greater required.
The peak
cross wind cannot exceed 15 knots, 12 knots at night. If the mission
duration is greater than 18 days the limit is 12 knots, day and night.
Headwind
cannot exceed 25 knots.
Tailwind
cannot exceed 10 knots average, 15 knots peak.
No thunderstorm,
lightning, or precipitation activity is within 30 nautical miles of
the Shuttle Landing Facility.
Detached
opaque thunderstorm anvils less than three hours old must not be within
20 nautical miles of the Shuttle Landing Facility, or within 10 nautical
miles of the flight path when the orbiter is within 30 nautical miles
of the runway.
Turbulence
must be less than or equal to moderate intensity.
Consideration
may be given for landing with a "no go" observation and a "go" forecast
if at decision time analysis clearly indicates a continuing trend of
improving weather conditions, and the forecast states that all weather
will be met at landing time.
Shuttle
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Meteorology Group at JSC
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Current
KSC Weather
Florida
Local Forecasts
National
Hurricane Center Advisories, Forecasts and Position Updates
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At a Glance
Mission 1: ISS-2R
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: March 11, 2001
Landing site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Mission 2: ISS-4A (STS-97)
Vehicle: Shuttle Endeavour
Crew: Jett, Bloomfield, Tanner, Garneau, Noriega
Launch date: Nov. 30, 2000
Launch time: 10:06 p.m. EST (0306 GMT on 1st)
Launch site: LC-39B, KSC
Landing date: Dec. 11, 2000
Landing time: 6:04 p.m. EST (2304 GMT)
Landing site: SLF, KSC
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