Fueling was completed at 7:39 a.m., as Atlantis is readied for a 2:01 p.m. launch on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
The countdown has paused at T minus three hours for a planned hold lasting two hours and thirty minutes. The clock will pick up again at 10:11 a.m.
Final inspection of the orbiter, fuel tank and solid rocket boosters is underway. The walkdown team is making its way down the scaffolding around Atlantis.
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