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KSC Public Affairs Contact:
George Diller (fax 407-867-2692)
E-mail: George.Diller-1@ksc.nasa.gov
Delta/RADARSAT
Delta/XTE
The launch of Delta/RADARSAT for
the Canadian Space Agency originally scheduled to occur from NASA’s
Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has
been rescheduled for no earlier than Oct. 18, 1995. The
additional time to prepare for launch is necessary to implement the
findings and recommendations of the Koreasat anomaly board which were
released today by McDonnell Douglas. To assure confidence in the Delta
II launch vehicle it will be necessary to remove the solid rocket
boosters in order to perform the corrective actions. They will be
replaced with a modified set.
The launch of Delta/XTE for NASA
from Launch Complex 17 at Cape Canaveral is expected to occur no
earlier than Nov. 8. For the same reason, the solid rocket boosters
will be removed for re-work.
New schedules for the Delta II launch
processing and the associated solid rocket booster repair and confidence
work are being developed for each of these missions. New processing
schedules for the RADARSAT and XTE spacecraft, which are currently in
NASA spacecraft checkout hangars at Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cape
Canaveral respectively, are presently being developed to support the
upcoming activities.
Firm launch dates for this pair of
upcoming launches will become more clear after work is under way. The
launch date for NASA's POLAR spacecraft on Dec. 9 remains
unchanged.
Atlas/SOHO The launch of the European
Space Agency’s Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) aboard an
Atlas IIAS rocket from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral has been
rescheduled to occur between Nov. 23 and Nov. 27. This will allow
additional time to perform some re-work to the spacecraft’s reaction
wheels, providing additional confidence in the spacecraft’s
reliability and longevity. SOHO is currently in the SAEF-2 spacecraft
checkout facility at KSC. The Atlas IIAS booster manufactured by
Lockheed Martin is scheduled to arrive at Cape Canaveral by C-5 aircraft
on Friday, Sept. 15. |
