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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 |
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 |
| Spacecraft
Location |
Pad
36-A |
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Status
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The
Flight Readiness Review for TDRS-I was completed on Monday,
March 4 and launch preparations are on schedule for a liftoff
on Friday. Also on Monday, the RP1 fuel, a highly refined
kerosene, was loaded aboard the Atlas first stage followed
by installation of launch vehicle ordnance and the loading
of reactants into the hypergolic systems. Closeouts of the
Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA vehicle and the TDRS-I spacecraft
are scheduled for Thursday, March 7. Also on Thursday, a final
management review, the Launch Readiness Review, will be held
at KSC.
The countdown will begin at 8:49 a.m. on Friday morning. The
gantry will be pulled back from around the Atlas launch vehicle
at 2:26 p.m. Loading of the Liquid Oxygen aboard the Centaur
stage will begin at 3:53 p.m. Atlas stage liquid oxygen loading
begins at 4:19 p.m. Finally, the liquid hydrogen will be loaded
aboard the Centaur stage beginning at 4:33 p.m. A 15-minute
built in hold is planned to occur at the T-5 minute mark leading
to launch at 5:39 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 |
April 18,
2002 |
| Launch Window |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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The
Aqua spacecraft is at the Spaceport Systems International
(SSI) payload processing facility located on South Vandenberg
Air Force Base. Battery charging and spacecraft testing
has begun. Connection of the Electrical Ground Support
Equipment (EGSE) has been completed in preparation for
the upcoming Comprehensive Performance Test of the spacecraft.
At Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta first stage was
erected on Monday, Feb. 25. Erection of the nine solid
rocket boosters was completed on Thursday, Feb. 28.
The second stage was hoisted into position atop the
first stage on Friday, March 1. Initial electrical,
mechanical and propulsion system leak checks are under
way this week. |
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NOAA-M
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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 25, 2002 NET |
| Launch Window |
11:22
- 11:32
a.m. PST |
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Status
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The
NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed Martin plant in Sunnyvale,
Calif., and is tentatively planned for shipment to Vandenberg on
April 26. The spacecraft will be processed at NASA spacecraft hangar
1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Erection of the Titan II/G-14 booster for NOAA-M will take place
on April 1 after routine corrosion control and maintenance is completed
at the launch pad during March. |
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