northeast trajectory from the kennedy space center, the primary abort landing site is in spain with marone spain and france available as alternate sites as well. once endeavor lifts off and clears the fixed service structure, it's onboard -- its onboard guidance will put it on the proper course and trajectory to achieve its desired orbit. at main engine cutoff, endeavor will be in a 136 by 36 statue mile orbit, and about 30 minutes later that will be refined using the orbital engines placing the orbiter many a 202 by 141 statue mile altitude for orbit operations. today's launch actually serves as the first in a series of rendezvous burns designed to allow the orbiter to catch up with the international space station. docking is scheduled for 6:15 eastern time wednesday morning. at launch time the space station at an altitude of 220 statute miles will be located southeast of halifax, nova scotia. 73 paces from the shuttle flight control room resides the team overseeing operations aboard the international space station. that team currently is being overseen by royce. after endeavor's launch, the th