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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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TDRS-J
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| Mission |
Tracking and Data
Relay Satellite-J |
| Launch Vehicle |
Lockheed Martin
Atlas IIA (AC-144) |
| Launch Pad |
Launch Complex
36-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
November 20, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
9:00
- 10:00
p.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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NASA
and Lockheed Martin have agreed on a new launch date of Nov. 20.
The tentative launch time is 9 p.m. EST. The Atlas II launch vehicle
is at the Lockheed Martin factory in Denver, Co., undergoing final
assembly. Preparations are underway for the installation of the
Centaur upper stage engines. The arrival date of the booster at
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is planned for Oct. 8.
The TDRS-J spacecraft is currently planned to arrive at Kennedy
Space Center from the Boeing Satellite Systems plant in El Segundo,
Calif., on or about Oct. 17. |
| Mission |
Solar Radiation
and Climate Experiment |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Pegasus XL |
| Launch
Pad |
Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
December 1,
2002 |
| Launch
Time |
11:00
a.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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SORCE
is at the Orbital Space Systems Group spacecraft facility
in Dulles, Va., undergoing environmental testing. The
spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center
to begin final processing on Oct. 25.
The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle is undergoing
buildup and testing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Two
Flight Simulation tests are scheduled while the vehicle
is in California. Flight Simulation No. 1 is scheduled
for Oct. 1 and will be followed by Flight Simulation
No. 2 on Oct. 9.
The Pegasus is scheduled for ferry to Cape Canaveral
using the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft on Oct. 28.
Three Flight Simulation tests are also planned at KSC
prior to launch and are scheduled to occur on Nov. 1,
Nov. 8 and Nov. 18.
There are no significant issues or concerns at this
time. |
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GALEX
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| Mission |
Galaxy
Evolution Explorer |
| Launch Vehicle |
Pegasus
XL |
| Launch Pad |
Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
Under
Review |
| Launch Window |
TBD |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
GALEX spacecraft is at the Orbital Space Systems Group facility
in Dulles, Va. Due to spacecraft problems found during thermal vacuum
testing of the spacecraft, shipment to KSC has been postponed while
troubleshooting and further testing and data analysis is performed.
In California at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Pegasus XL launch
vehicle is ready for ferry to KSC on the Orbital Sciences L-1011
aircraft but is predicated on the arrival of the spacecraft at KSC. |
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(KSC) Newsroom offers an electronic subscription service for status
reports, news releases and other notices issued from KSC. There
are two possible ways to subscribe. You may send a blank
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or follow the instructions on the Web site at http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov.
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