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This expendable vehicle and deployable
payload status will be issued weekly. It will provide status of
each NASA mission scheduled for launch aboard an expendable launch
vehicle. For additional information on NASA ELV launches visit:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/schedule/mixfleet.htm
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| Mission |
High Energy
Solar Spectroscopic Imager |
| Launch Vehicle |
Orbital Sciences Pegasus
XL |
| Current Location |
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station |
| Launch Date |
NET Feb. 1, 2002 |
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Status
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At
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the HESSI spacecraft
was remated to the Pegasus launch vehicle on Dec. 20
and the payload fairing was installed around HESSI on
Jan. 11. Mating of the Pegasus to the L-1011 is tentatively
planned to occur on Jan. 23 and the ferry flight to
KSC is targeted for Jan. 26.
The Flight Readiness Review was held at KSC on Monday,
Jan. 14. At the conclusion, NASA and Orbital Sciences
engineers decided to take an additional week to review
the similarities of materials and components used on
the Pegasus Orion solid rocket motor and the Graphite
Epoxy Motor (GEM) of National Missile Defense BV-3 target
vehicle that failed during launch late last year at
Vandenberg.
Pegasus HESSI was returned to Vandenberg Air Force Base
on the L-1011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
last summer on June 21 to await the outcome of the X-43
and subsequent Taurus launch vehicle failure investigations.
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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 |
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Status
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The
Atlas IIA wet dress rehearsal, a full countdown dress rehearsal
with the vehicle fully fueled, was successfully performed
on Jan. 9. No significant vehicle processing activity is scheduled
this week.
The TDRS-I spacecraft is anticipated to arrive at KSC from
the Boeing Satellite Systems plant in El Segundo, Calif. no
earlier than Jan. 25. A review to determine the readiness
of TDRS-I to be shipped to Florida for final launch preparations
is planned for on or about Jan. 22. The launch has been set
for March 8, 2002, during a window which runs from 5:39 -
6:19 p.m. EST. |
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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 |
March 24,
2002 |
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Status
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The
erection of the Delta II launch vehicle at SLC-2 is
tentatively planned to begin on Feb. 20 on Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California.
This week the Aqua Ground Operations Working Group is
occurring at the TRW plant in Redondo Beach, Calif.
The readiness of the spacecraft for shipping and the
remaining work to be done is being reviewed. At the
conclusion of the meeting, a date will be identified
for shipment of the spacecraft to Vandenberg Air Force
Base. |
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