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From: snidely@inteloa.intel.com (David P. Schneider)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Launch Advisory for 10/11/89 (Forwarded)
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Date: 16 Oct 89 13:49:31 GMT
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In article <33410@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes:
>Sarah Keegan
>Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   October 11, 1989
>
>LAUNCH ADVISORY:  STS-34 MISSION
>
>     Shuttle engineers and technicians will work towards an 
>objective of launch on Tuesday, but managers will make a final 
>decision at about noon on Saturday, Oct. 14...

The word Saturday evening was "Go for Tuesday".  The launch  window  is  26
minutes long, starting near 12:30 PM [EST, probably].

The launch window is determined by the exepected send-off of  Galileo.   If
the  shuttle  launched  outside  this  window, NASA would need more dynamic
plans than they currently support [as I  understand  it,  mostly  from  the
net],  so it becomes easier to roll over to the next day while still on the
ground.

                                                David P. Schneider
                                                     BiiN (tm)
                                                   Monday, 10.16