Airspace, Road, Bridge and Water Closures for STS-134 Launch

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

April 22, 2011

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M17-11

AIRSPACE, ROAD, BRIDGE AND WATER CLOSURES FOR STS-134 LAUNCH

Launch Date: April 29, 2011 
Launch Vehicle: Space shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission
Launch Pad: 39A
Launch Window: 3:42 - 3:52 p.m. EDT
Targeted Launch Time: 3:47 p.m. EDT

NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA AVIATION FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS

What: Cape Canaveral Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR)

When: Friday, April 29, from 8:42 a.m. until no later than 4:23 p.m. 
EDT. If postponed 24 hours to Saturday, April 30, from 8:20 a.m. 
until no later than 4:01 p.m. EDT. 

Where: General aviation and VFR operations are prohibited within a 
30-nautical-mile radius of Launch Pad 39A from the surface to (but 
not including) 18,000 feet (located on the Melbourne VOR/DME 
004-degree radial at 30.6 nautical miles). Pilots should obtain NOTAM 
information regarding affected airports. 

Aeronautical Chart in Use: Orlando Class B terminal area and 
Jacksonville sectional 

Additional airspace restrictions: Within an airspace radius between 30 
and 40 nautical miles of Pad 39A, a discrete transponder code must be 
obtained and clearance granted from air traffic control before 
entering this airspace. Continuous radio communications must be 
maintained. All VFR aircraft are restricted to 180 knots or less 
unless a variance is granted by air traffic control. Pilots should 
obtain NOTAM information to determine the affected airports within 
this radius before departure.

NOTAM Information: St. Petersburg Flight Service Station
Telephone: 1-800-992-7433 
Radio frequencies: 123.6 MHz (Titusville), 122.6 MHz (Melbourne)

Radio Communications: FAA Orlando Approach Control
Titusville/Cocoa area: 134.950 MHz
Melbourne area: 132.650 MHz
South Volusia County: 125.350 MHz
Space Coast Regional Airport control tower: 118.9 MHz

PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD CLOSURES

- The Cape Canaveral National Seashore (Playalinda Beach) will close 
for launch on Monday, April 25, at 6 p.m. and will reopen after 
launch. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge will close on 
Thursday, April 28, at 6 p.m. and will reopen after launch.

- State Road 406 east to State Road 3, and State Road 3 from the 
Haulover Canal bridge south to County Road 402 leading to Titusville 
will be open to badged personnel only beginning on Thursday, April 
28, at 6 p.m. These roads will close to all vehicle traffic on 
Friday, April 29, at 1:30 p.m. until after a successful launch is 
confirmed. 

- The A. Max Brewer Causeway bridge on S.R. 406 in Titusville (north 
bridge) will be closed to all motor vehicle traffic beginning two 
hours prior to launch and will remain closed up to two hours after 
launch.

- State Road 3 from the Gate 2 News Media Pass and Identification 
Building to State Road 405 (NASA Causeway) via Space Commerce Way 
will be closed for launch to unauthorized vehicles beginning at 8:30 
a.m. on Friday, April 29. NASA Causeway between the U.S. Astronaut 
Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will also 
close starting at that time. The roads will reopen two hours after 
launch. 

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA BOATING RESTRICTIONS

ATLANTIC OCEAN: Beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, April 25 (L-4 days), 
and continuing through launch, a general exclusion zone will be in 
effect three miles offshore from the Haulover Canal, on the northern 
end of Kennedy Space Center, and southward to Port Canaveral. Four 
hours prior to launch, all ocean-going traffic will be restricted 
from entering an area measured from nine statute miles north and 
south of the launch pad and extending 64 nautical miles east into the 
ocean. An additional three-mile-wide exclusion zone will be extended 
eastward along the flight path of the space shuttle. 

INDIAN RIVER: Restrictions apply from the NASA Causeway north to 
Haulover Canal and east of the Indian River's main channel. 
Restrictions are in effect four days prior to launch beginning at 6 
a.m. on Monday, April 25.

MOSQUITO LAGOON: This area south of Haulover Canal in the Mosquito 
Lagoon is off limits to all boats four days prior to launch beginning 
at 6 a.m. on Monday, April 25.

BANANA RIVER: Security limits begin at the Banana River Barge Canal 
south of Kennedy which is located immediately above State Road 528 
and extends north. The area includes KARS Park on Merritt Island. 
This restriction is effective four days prior to launch beginning at 
6 a.m. on Monday, April 25.

All boating restrictions will be lifted one hour after launch. Boating 
interests should monitor U.S. Coast Guard Radio transmitting on 
Marine Channel 16 from Port Canaveral.

For more information about Endeavour's STS-134 mission and crew, 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle  

	
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