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CONTENTS
Section PageSTS-129/ULF-3 MISSION OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 1
STS-129 TIMELINE OVERVIEW ............................................................................................... 9
MISSION PROFILE ................................................................................................................... 11
MISSION OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 13
MISSION PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................. 15
STS-129 CREW ....................................................................................................................... 17
PAYLOAD OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................. 27
S-BAND ANTENNA SUPPORT ASSEMBLY (SASA) AND RADIO FREQUENCY GROUP (RFG) ..................... 29
EXPRESS LOGISTICS CARRIER 1 AND 2 ............................................................................................... 31
RENDEZVOUS & DOCKING ....................................................................................................... 47
UNDOCKING, SEPARATION, AND DEPARTURE ...................................................................................... 48
SPACEWALKS ......................................................................................................................... 51
EXPERIMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 59
DETAILED TEST OBJECTIVES AND DETAILED SUPPLEMENTARY OBJECTIVES ....................................... 59
EXPERIMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 62
SHUTTLE REFERENCE DATA .................................................................................................... 71
LAUNCH AND LANDING ........................................................................................................... 89
LAUNCH ............................................................................................................................................... 89
ABORT-TO-ORBIT (ATO) ...................................................................................................................... 89
TRANSATLANTIC ABORT LANDING (TAL) ............................................................................................. 89
RETURN-TO-LAUNCH-SITE (RTLS) ....................................................................................................... 89
ABORT ONCE AROUND (AOA) ............................................................................................................... 89
LANDING ............................................................................................................................................. 89