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                       SPACE LAUNCH REPORT

                LONG-TERM SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH FORECAST
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                by Ed Kyle      as of July 8, 2011       
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  NASA's Space Shuttle program is scheduled to perform its final mission 
  in 2011, nearly 30 years after its initial launch.  This page will 
  track the launch schedule as the remaining shuttle orbiters fly out 
  the final missions of the longest-lived U.S. human launch system.    
  
  This space launch forecast, like all such space launch schedules, 
  should not be considered anything but a vague long-term projection. 
  The dates, sequence, and even the total number of launches almost 
  certainly will be altered substantially as time passes. 

DATE     VEHICLE         ID      PAYLOAD               MASS(t) SITE*   ORBIT**
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STS-135 used STS-335 contingency flight hardware

*Site Code:

KC = Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA  

**Orbit Code:

LEO = Low Earth Orbit
LEO/ISS = LEO x 51.6 deg to International Space Station

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