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This expendable launch vehicle and
payload processing status will be issued weekly. It will provide
the status of upcoming NASA missions scheduled for launch aboard
expendable launch vehicles. For additional information on
NASA ELV launches, visit: http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elvnew/elv.htm.
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| Mission |
Earth
Observing System Aqua Observatory |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Delta
II 7920-10L |
| Launch
Pad |
Space
Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Launch
Date |
April
26, 2002 |
| Launch
Time |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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The
Aqua spacecraft is at the Spaceport Systems International
(SSI) payload processing facility located on South Vandenberg
Air Force Base. The Aqua project has completed testing of
the spacecraft batteries and cleared the satellite for the
fueling activities, which began on Monday, April 1. Based
on the schedule of remaining Delta vehicle and Aqua spacecraft
work, the launch date has officially been set for Friday,
April 26.
Boeing has planned a launch site readiness review on April
10 prior to the spacecraft's arrival at the pad on April 11.
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| Mission |
NOAA-M Polar
Orbiter |
| Launch Vehicle |
USAF Titan
II |
| Launch Pad |
Space Launch
Complex 4 West, Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Launch Date |
June 24, 2002
NET |
| Launch Window |
11:22
- 11:32
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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The
Titan II/G-14 booster for NOAA-M was transported to
SLC-4 West on Saturday, March 30 and erected on the
launch pad Monday, April 1.
The NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed Martin plant
in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is planned for shipment to
Vandenberg on April 25. It will be processed at NASA
spacecraft hangar 1610 located on North Vandenberg Air
Force Base. The apogee kick motor for NOAA-M is scheduled
to arrive on April 8 and the spacecraft's ground support
equipment will arrive the following day. |
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CONTOUR
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| Mission |
Comet Nucleus Tour |
| Launch Vehicle |
Delta II 7425 |
| Launch Pad |
Space Launch Complex
17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
July 1, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
2:57:12
- 2:57:24
a.m. EDT |
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Status
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The
spacecraft's solid rocket motor arrived at KSC on Tuesday, April
2 and will be processed at SAEF-2 prior to the arrival of CONTOUR.
The spacecraft is currently at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
in Greenbelt, Md. and will arrive at KSC on April 25 to begin final
checkout and preparations for launch. The spacecraft's associated
ground support equipment will arrive two days prior on April 23.
At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta booster is planned
to begin on May 29. The launch vehicle second stage arrived at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday, April 1 and is undergoing
checkout at Delta launch vehicle Hangar AO. |
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