LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129

UNCLAS STATE 116864 MADRID FOR ECON HIGGINS, PARIS FOR SCICOUNS/NASA REP BARRY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TSPA FR SP SUBJECT: LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129 ¶1. SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-129, ATLANTIS (OV-104), WILL LAUNCH FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (KSC),FLORIDA, NO EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 16, 2009. THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS AT 2:23 PM EST, (19:23 UTC/GMT) AND IS 10 MINUTES LONG. NOMINAL END OF MISSION LANDING AT KSC IS SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 27, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:43 AM EST (14:43 UTC/GMT). ¶2. ZARAGOZA AIR BASE, SPAIN IS THE PRIMARY TRANSOCEANIC ABORT LANDING SITE (TAL). MORON AIR BASE, SPAIN, AND ISTRES AIR BASE, FRANCE, ARE THE TWO ALTERNATE SITES. ¶3. OES/SAT WILL STAFF THE JOINT STATE-NASA SHUTTLE MONITORING GROUP IN THE DEPARTMENT?S OPERATIONS CENTER FOR THE LIFT-OFF PERIOD. THE OPERATIONS CENTER WILL ESTABLISH A CONFERENCE CALL TELEPHONE LINK BETWEEN THE MONITORING GROUP AND SHUTTLE CONTROL OFFICERS AT EMBASSY MADRID AND EMBASSY PARIS, AT APPROX. ONE HALF HOUR PRIOR TO LIFT-OFF. SHUTTLE MONITORING GROUP CONTROL OFFICERS ARE OES/SAT, DORIETHA JACKSON AND FERNANDO ECHAVARRIA, AND SHARI KAMM, NASA. ¶4. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. CLINTON