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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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CONTOUR
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| Mission |
Comet Nucleus Tour |
| Launch Vehicle |
Delta II 7425 |
| Launch Pad |
Space Launch Complex
17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
July 3, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
2:47:41
- 2:47:47
a.m. EDT |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
launch of the Boeing Delta II rocket with NASA's CONTOUR spacecraft
occurred at 2:47:41.366 EDT from Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral. Spacecraft
separation occurred at 3:51 a.m., 63 minutes after launch.
CONTOUR was acquired by the Goldstone tracking station of the Deep
Space Network 19 minutes later at 4:09 a.m., one hour twenty two
minutes after launch. Spacecraft engineers at the Applied Physics
Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University confirmed at 5:45 a.m. EDT
that the spacecraft is in good health. |
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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 |
NET
August 14, 2002 (under review) |
| Launch
Time |
7:50
- 9:50
a.m. EDT |
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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. The arrival date at KSC is under review.
Meanwhile, in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Pegasus
launch vehicle continues to undergo standard prelaunch processing.
The second of four flight simulations was successfully completed
on June 17 and routine processing also continues on the vehicle
nose fairing.
Arrival of the Pegasus XL at KSC is being planned to occur approximately
two weeks after arrival of the GALEX spacecraft. |
| 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 |
October 29,
2002 |
| Launch Window |
TBD |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
TDRS-J spacecraft is anticipated to arrive at Kennedy
Space Center from the Boeing Satellite Systems plant
in El Segundo, California on September 26. The launch
is scheduled to occur on October 29, 2002, however,
the launch window has not yet been determined.
The Lockheed Martin Atlas II launch vehicle is at the
factory in Denver, Colorado undergoing final assembly.
Arrival of the booster at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
is anticipated to occur in mid-September. |
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