Spaceflight Now | STS-106 | Undocking Timeline

Undocking Timeline
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Posted: September 18, 2000

The following timeline covers the undocking of space shuttle Atlantis from the international space station and the flyaround of the outpost. The R-bar, or radius vector, is an imaginary line connecting the station and the center of the Earth. The V-bar, or velocity vector, is the line marking the station's orbital path. By convention, the plus R-bar is directly below the station while the plus V-bar is directly ahead.

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Undocking Timeline

At a glance
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Payload: ISS 2A.2b
Launch date: Sept. 8, 2000
Launch time: 1245:47.066 GMT (8:45:47.066 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Landing date: Sept. 20, 2000
Landing time: 0756 GMT (3:56 a.m. EDT)
Landing site: SLF, KSC
Crew: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank

Flight Data File

Quick look data - Facts, figures and important information about the mission.

Flight plan - A detailed day-by-day timetable of the major mission events based on NASA's official flight plan.

Landing opportunities - The available deorbit and landing options to bring Atlantis home, plus entry timeline.

NASA TV - The schedule for NASA TV programming during the STS-106 mission.

Tracking spacecraft - Latest orbital data for tracking the shuttle, station and other satellites on your computer.

The crew - Meet the seven astronauts who will fly aboard shuttle Atlantis.

Space demographics before and after - How the space explorers numbers will stack up before and after STS-106.

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