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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
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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 24, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
11:22
- 11:32
a.m. PDT |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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At
SLC-4W, the Titan II/G-14 prelaunch preparations continue
to progress smoothly. The spacecraft was transported
to the pad late on May 29 and mated to the Titan II
launch vehicle in the early morning hours of May 30.
The spacecraft was powered on and successfully tested
on June 1. The spacecraft is scheduled to have its control
fuel loaded aboard this week and will be followed by
loading the launch vehicle Attitude Control System (ACS)
hydrazine.
The payload fairing will be installed around NOAA-M
on Friday, June 7. An Integrated Systems Test (IST)
involving both the spacecraft and the launch vehicle
is scheduled for June 14. The Combined Systems Test
(CST) was successfully completed on May 22. This was
a vehicle system test that included a simulated countdown
as well as a plus count, electrically testing in-flight
events of the Titan II vehicle. |
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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 1, 2002 |
| Launch Window |
2:56:14
- 2:56:20
a.m. EDT |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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At
SAEF-2, the solar arrays were installed and light-tested on May
28-29. A final test was then conducted of the CONTOUR science instruments.
The spacecraft was then placed on a spin table for an initial spin
test before fuel is loaded aboard later this week on Friday, June
7. A second spin test with the spacecraft fully fueled will then
be conducted next week. The spacecraft will be mated to the upper
stage booster on June 17. CONTOUR is currently scheduled for transportation
to the launch pad and mated to the Delta II on June 19.
At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta first stage booster
was performed on May 28. The solid rocket boosters were attached
around the base of the first stage on May 29. The launch vehicle
second stage was hoisted atop the first stage on May 31.
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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 |
August
14, 2002 |
| 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 and undergoing final preparations before shipment
to KSC no earlier than June 26. Also in Dulles, the Pegasus Launch
Vehicle Mission Readiness Review was successfully completed on May
31.
Meanwhile, in California, the Pegasus continues processing at Vandenberg
Air Force Base. The first of four flight simulations is being conducted
this week. Arrival of the Pegasus XL is being anticipated for July
11. |
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