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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. 5,
2002 |
| Launch Window |
3:21
- 5:21
p.m. EST (T-0: 3:26
p.m.) |
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Status
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The
launch of Pegasus/HESSI has been re-targeted for NET
Feb. 5. The additional time is necessary to complete
review of 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 vehicle failed during launch
in December at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB).
At VAFB, the HESSI spacecraft was encapsulated in the
payload fairing atop the Pegasus rocket on Jan. 11.
Mating of the Pegasus to the L-1011 is tentatively planned
to occur on Jan. 29 and the ferry flight to KSC is targeted
for Feb. 1.
A follow-up Flight Readiness Review is planned to occur
on Jan. 28 to discuss any action items that may come
from the data review. |
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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 |
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Status
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A
review to determine the readiness of TDRS-I to be shipped
to Florida for final launch preparations is planned for Jan.
24. The TDRS-I spacecraft is currently planned to arrive at
KSC from the Boeing Satellite Systems plant in El Segundo,
Calif., on Jan. 31.
At the launch pad, no significant Atlas vehicle processing
activity is scheduled this week. |
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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
p.m. PST |
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Status
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The
Aqua Ground Operations Working Group met Jan. 16 at
the TRW plant in Redondo Beach, Calif. The readiness
of the spacecraft for shipping and the remaining work
to be done was reviewed. At the conclusion of the meeting,
Feb. 23 (NET) was identified as a planning date for
shipment of the spacecraft to Vandenberg Air Force Base.
The erection of the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle on
the pad at Space Launch Complex 2 is planned to begin
on Feb. 20 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The Boeing review to assess readiness of the vehicle
and the launch pad for that activity is scheduled for
Feb. 19 in Huntington Beach, Calif. |
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