Spaceflight Now: Space Station/STS-98

STS-98 Entry Timeline
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: February 19, 2001

The deorbit timeline on any space shuttle mission begins four hours before the rocket firing that drops the ship out of orbit. This is known as "TIG (time of ignition) minus four hours." The actual start of the deorbit timeline, however, can vary by several minutes depending on the crew's schedule. The start of deorbit operations as listed in the chart below may by out of synch with NASA's official timeline by a few minutes either way.

Change history:

12/18: Posting initial entry timeline
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02/18: Updating with revised deorbit burn duration
02/18: Landing delayed to 2/19; updating with latest data from NASA
02/19: Updating with one-orbit waveoff; latest data
02/19: Updating with all 02/20 landing opportunities and data

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