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This expendable launch vehicle and
payload processing status will be issued weekly. It will provide
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expendable launch vehicles. For additional information on
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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, loading of the spacecraft with propellants was completed
on Feb. 20 and the spacecraft was mated to the payload adapter
on Feb. 22. The operation to encapsulate TDRS-I into the payload
fairing was performed on Feb. 23-24.
TDRS-I was transported to Pad 36-A in the pre-dawn hours of
Feb. 26 and hoisted atop the Atlas II vehicle. The Composite
Electrical Test (CERT) is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28.
This is an integrated checkout of the launch vehicle and spacecraft.
On Monday, March 4, the RP1 fuel, a highly refined kerosene,
will be loaded aboard the Atlas first stage. This will be
followed next Tuesday and Wednesday with installation of launch
vehicle ordnance and servicing of hypergolic systems. Closeouts
of the Atlas IIA and TDRS-I are scheduled for Thursday, March
7.
The Flight Readiness Review will be held on Monday, March
4. |
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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 |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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The
Aqua spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base
on Feb. 25. Preparations for final prelaunch testing
are under way.
Erection of the Delta II began this week at SLC-2W.
The first stage was erected on Monday, Feb. 25, and
the solid rocket boosters are now being attached. The
second stage will be hoisted into position atop the
first stage on Friday, March 1. |
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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. and is now tentatively planned for shipment to Vandenberg
on April 26. The spacecraft will be processed at NASA spacecraft
hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Erection of the Titan II/G-14 booster for NOAA-M will take place
in late March after routine corrosion control and maintenance is
completed at the launch pad, currently anticipated to be finished
by April 1. |
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