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This expendable launch vehicle and
payload processing status will be issued weekly. It will provide
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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
28, 2002 NET |
| Launch
Time |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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The
Aqua spacecraft remains at the Spaceport Systems International
(SSI) payload processing facility located on South Vandenberg
Air Force Base. Aqua fueling activities were completed on
April 1. Due to difficulties mating the spacecraft to the
payload attach fitting (PAF), the spacecraft is now expected
to be transported to SLC-2 and mated to the Delta vehicle
no earlier than Monday, April 15.
No significant launch vehicle work is scheduled this week,
and the vehicle awaits the Aqua spacecraft. Boeing will conduct
a launch site readiness review prior to the spacecraft's arrival.
Due to the changes in the spacecraft processing schedule,
launch is now expected to occur no earlier than April 28.
A firm date can be identified after the Aqua spacecraft is
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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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At
SLC-4W, the Titan II/G-14 launch vehicle's initial "power-on"
test was conducted on Tuesday, April 9. The booster
was erected on the launch pad Monday, April 1.
The NOAA-M apogee kick motor and the spacecraft ground
support and test equipment also arrived on Tuesday,
April 9.
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. |
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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 |
2:56:14
- 2:56:26
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 is being 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 electrical
ground support and test equipment will arrive two days prior on
April 23.
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. The Delta first stage is scheduled to arrive
at Cape Canaveral on April 15.
At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta booster is planned
to begin on May 28. A pre-vehicle-on-stand (Pre-VOS) review is scheduled
for May 21 at the Boeing facility in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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