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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 |
May
2, 2002 |
| Launch
Time |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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This
week, launch and spacecraft managers scheduled the launch
of Delta/Aqua on the Western Range for Thursday, May 2 at
2:55 a.m. PDT.
This morning the Aqua spacecraft was transported from its
payload processing facility located on South Vandenberg Air
Force Base to Space Launch Complex 2 located on North Vandenberg.
It was then hoisted atop the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle
and mated mechanically mated. Electrical hookups are now underway
and will be followed by a spacecraft state of health check.
A launch readiness check is scheduled for later this week.
The installation of the nose fairing around the spacecraft
is scheduled to begin on Apr. 25 and be completed the following
day.
Boeing conducted a launch site readiness review on Monday
prior to Aqua's arrival to assure readiness of the pad and
the Delta vehicle to receive the spacecraft. Upcoming activities
over the next week include installation of the launch vehicle
ordnance and the Flight Program Verification. This is a combined
composite electrical test and flight sequence test, the final
major test prior to launch. The vehicle's mechanical and electrical
systems will be actuated during the simulated plus count.
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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, Apr. 1.
The NOAA-M apogee kick motor and the spacecraft ground
support and test equipment also arrived on Tuesday,
Apr. 9.
The NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed Martin plant
in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is planned for shipment to
Vandenberg on Apr. 25. It will be processed at NASA
spacecraft hangar 1610 located on North Vandenberg Air
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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 is currently at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, MD and will arrive at KSC on Apr. 25 to begin final checkout
and preparations for launch. The spacecraft's electrical ground
support and test equipment will arrive two days prior on Apr. 23.
The launch vehicle second stage arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station on Monday, Apr. 1 and is undergoing checkout at Delta launch
vehicle Hangar AO. The Delta first stage arrived at Cape Canaveral
on Apr. 15 and taken initially to Hangar M.
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, CA.
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