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| Mission |
Tracking
and Data Relay Satellite-I |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Lockheed
Martin Atlas IIA (AC-143) |
| Launch
Pad |
Launch
Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
March
8, 2002 |
| Launch
Window |
5:39
- 6:19
p.m. EST |
| Spacecraft
Location |
SAEF-2 |
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Status
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At
SAEF-2, prelaunch processing of TDRS-I continues. Loading
of the spacecraft with propellants was rescheduled to this
week to allow time for RF shielding to be installed around
one of the spacecraft's components. This work was performed
on Feb. 18-19 and there is no schedule impact to the launch
date of March 8.
Loading of the fuel and oxidizer aboard the spacecraft began
on Tuesday and is scheduled to conclude today. Spacecraft
closeouts will be performed on Thursday and mating to the
Atlas payload adapter is scheduled for Friday. Over the upcoming
weekend, Feb. 23-24, TDRS-I is scheduled for encapsulation
into the Atlas nose fairing. On Monday, Feb. 25, the payload
will be placed onto the transportation trailer in preparation
for moving from SAEF-2 to Space Launch Complex 36. This will
occur during the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, Feb. 26. The TDRS-I
satellite will then be hoisted for mating atop the Lockheed
Martin Atlas IIA launch vehicle.
At Pad 36-A, the Atlas processing is complete to date and
the vehicle is awaiting the arrival of the TDRS-I spacecraft.
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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 18,
2002 |
| Launch Window |
1:54:50
- 2:04:50
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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Aqua
spacecraft testing is complete at the TRW plant in Redondo
Beach, Calif. and the satellite has been scheduled for
shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base on Feb. 25. The
associated spacecraft ground support equipment arrived
at Vandenberg on Friday, Feb. 15 as planned.
The Boeing and NASA review to assess readiness of the
Delta II and SLC-2W to begin vehicle erection was completed
on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Erection
will begin on Feb. 25 pending resolution of actions
to be taken associated with modifications to the upgraded
vehicle Automatic Destruct System. |
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NOAA-M
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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 25, 2002 NET |
| Launch Window |
11:22
- 11:32
a.m. PST |
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Status
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The
NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed Martin plant in Sunnyvale,
Calif. A shipping date for the satellite and the erection of the
Titan II launch vehicle on SLC-4W at Vandenberg Air Force Base will
be determined after the launch of the U.S. Air Force DMSP weather
satellite that is pending.
The spacecraft will be processed at NASA spacecraft hangar 1610
on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. |
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