Jacques van Oene
July 7th 05, 04:10 AM
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
MEDIA ADVISORY: 52-05
RESTRICTED AIRSPACE BRIEFING, NEW CONTROL TOWER DEDICATION JULY 8
NASA will hold a briefing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 9 a.m.
Friday, July 8, on the restricted airspace over East Central Florida
for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. Immediately following the
briefing at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), there will be a
dedication ceremony for the new NASA Air Traffic Control Tower at
KSC.
The briefing will take place in the SLF's new media facilities, which
were built for the Return to Flight mission, known as STS-114, and
the landing of Shuttle Discovery. The facilities are co-located with
the new control tower. The dedication and ribbon cutting will be held
at the base of the tower and media will then be given an inside tour.
The structure rises 110 feet over the midpoint of the runway and
offers air traffic controllers a magnificent 360-degree view of
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and north
Brevard County. It replaces the small, portable tower installed at
the edge of the runway in 1986. The new control tower will manage all
landings and departures from the SLF, including air traffic within
the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral restricted airspace.
The facility includes a 24-hour weather-observing facility providing
official hourly weather observations for the SLF and the Cape
Canaveral vicinity, including special observations for all launches
and landings. State-of-the-art, weather-observing equipment has been
installed for Space Shuttle landings and for serving conventional
aircraft landing at the SLF. At this location, weather observers will
have a multi-directional view of the weather conditions at the runway
and Launch Complex 39.
Tower personnel can also control all SLF runway ground traffic, runway
lighting, navigational aids and gate access, and monitor current
runway weather conditions. The new SLF Media Operations Facility for
press operations and invited guest activities is located on the
ground level of the new tower facility.
Media wishing to attend these events should be at the NASA News Center
at KSC at 9 a.m. to be transported by bus to the SLF. Mission STS-114
media badges will be in effect. The event is expected to conclude at
approximately 11 a.m.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
MEDIA ADVISORY: 52-05
RESTRICTED AIRSPACE BRIEFING, NEW CONTROL TOWER DEDICATION JULY 8
NASA will hold a briefing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 9 a.m.
Friday, July 8, on the restricted airspace over East Central Florida
for the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. Immediately following the
briefing at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF), there will be a
dedication ceremony for the new NASA Air Traffic Control Tower at
KSC.
The briefing will take place in the SLF's new media facilities, which
were built for the Return to Flight mission, known as STS-114, and
the landing of Shuttle Discovery. The facilities are co-located with
the new control tower. The dedication and ribbon cutting will be held
at the base of the tower and media will then be given an inside tour.
The structure rises 110 feet over the midpoint of the runway and
offers air traffic controllers a magnificent 360-degree view of
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and north
Brevard County. It replaces the small, portable tower installed at
the edge of the runway in 1986. The new control tower will manage all
landings and departures from the SLF, including air traffic within
the Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral restricted airspace.
The facility includes a 24-hour weather-observing facility providing
official hourly weather observations for the SLF and the Cape
Canaveral vicinity, including special observations for all launches
and landings. State-of-the-art, weather-observing equipment has been
installed for Space Shuttle landings and for serving conventional
aircraft landing at the SLF. At this location, weather observers will
have a multi-directional view of the weather conditions at the runway
and Launch Complex 39.
Tower personnel can also control all SLF runway ground traffic, runway
lighting, navigational aids and gate access, and monitor current
runway weather conditions. The new SLF Media Operations Facility for
press operations and invited guest activities is located on the
ground level of the new tower facility.
Media wishing to attend these events should be at the NASA News Center
at KSC at 9 a.m. to be transported by bus to the SLF. Mission STS-114
media badges will be in effect. The event is expected to conclude at
approximately 11 a.m.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info