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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 |
10:36
- 11:16
p.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
Atlas II launch vehicle is at the Lockheed Martin factory in Denver,
Colorado, undergoing final assembly, integration and testing. Centaur
engine No. 1 has been installed and Centaur engine No. 2 is undergoing
installation preparations. The arrival of the booster at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station continues to be anticipated on October 8.
The TDRS-J spacecraft is undergoing testing at the factory and is
planned to arrive at Kennedy Space Center from the Boeing Satellite
Systems plant in El Segundo, California, on or about October 17.
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| 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 (tentative) |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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SORCE
is at the Orbital Space Systems Group spacecraft facility
in Dulles, Virginia, and will complete space environment
testing this week. The testing has gone satisfactorily
to date. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy
Space Center to begin final processing on October 25.
The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle continues
to undergo 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 October 1 and will be followed by
Flight Simulation No. 2 on October 9.
The Pegasus is scheduled for ferry to Cape Canaveral
using the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft on October
28.
Three Flight Simulation Tests are also planned at KSC
prior to launch and are scheduled to occur on November
1, November 8 and November 18. |
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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, Virginia. 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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