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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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GALEX
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| Mission |
Galaxy
Evolution Explorer |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Pegasus
XL |
| Launch
Pad |
Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
October
17, 2002 NET |
| Launch
Time |
TBD |
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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, and is expected to arrive at KSC to begin final
processing no earlier than August 26. The decision to make some
hardware and software changes to the spacecraft's logic unit has
been implemented and testing is under way.
Meanwhile, in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Pegasus
XL launch vehicle has completed processing and is ready for ferry
to KSC on the Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft. This is planned
for September 13 but is predicated on the arrival of the spacecraft
at KSC as currently scheduled. |
| 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 NET |
| Launch Window |
TBD |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
TDRS-J spacecraft is currently planned to arrive at
Kennedy Space Center from the Boeing Satellite Systems
plant in El Segundo, California, no earlier than September
26.
The Lockheed Martin Atlas II launch vehicle is at the
factory in Denver, Colorado, undergoing final assembly.
The arrival date of the booster at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station is under review. |
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SORCE
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| Mission |
Solar Radiation
and Climate Experiment |
| Launch Vehicle |
Pegasus XL |
| Launch Pad |
Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
December 1, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
TBD |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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SORCE
is at the Orbital Space Systems Group spacecraft facility in Dulles,
Virginia, undergoing environmental testing. The spacecraft is scheduled
to arrive at Kennedy Space Center to begin final processing on October
25.
The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle is undergoing buildup
and testing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Two Flight Simulation
tests are scheduled while the vehicle is in California. Flight Simulation
No. 1 is scheduled for October 1 and will be followed by Flight
Simulation No. 2 on October 9.
The Pegasus is scheduled for ferry to Cape Canaveral using the Orbital
Sciences L-1011 aircraft on October 28.
Three Flight Simulation tests are also planned at KSC prior to launch
and are scheduled to occur on November 1, November 8 and November
18.
There are no significant issues or concerns at this time.
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