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STS-129
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Launch Target: Nov. 12, 2009
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission Number: STS-129
(129th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 11 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude:
51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload:
31st station flight (ULF3), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)
STS-129
will focus on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day
flight is scheduled to include at least three spacewalks. The payload
bay will carry two large External Logistics Carriers holding two spare
gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter,
and a high-pressure gas tank. The completion of this mission will leave
five space shuttle flights remaining until the end of the program
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