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This expendable launch vehicle and
payload processing status will be issued weekly. It will provide
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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
Time |
5:59
p.m. EST |
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Status
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This
week TDRS-I is being raised to its final orbital altitude
of 22, 240 miles. The spacecraft will then be allowed to drift
to its checkout position at 150 degrees West longitude, over
the equator south of Hawaii. On-orbit testing will then begin
using NASA's TDRS system command and control facility at White
Sands, NM. After checkout is complete and the satellite declared
fully functional, it will be turned over by Boeing Satellite
Systems to NASA for operation.
TDRS-I was successfully launched aboard a Lockheed Martin
Atlas IIA rocket at 5:59 p.m. on Friday, March 8 from Pad
A at Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Spacecraft separation from the Centaur stage occurred as planned
thirty minutes later at 6:29 p.m.
TDRS-I was acquired by the Indian Ocean tracking station at
Diego Garcia at 6:35 p.m. The solar arrays and antennas were
then successfully gradually deployed. |
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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. The spacecraft was powered-on March
8 for the Comprehensive Performance Test. A software
problem was found. Corrective software has been developed
and is undergoing verification testing.
At Space Launch Complex 2, leak checks of the Delta
II second stage began Friday, March 8. This week, both
first and second stage leak checks are underway. Guidance
and control system checks are also underway.
The payload fairing will arrive at SLC-2 and hoisted
into the pad clean room on the mobile service tower
March 14.
The fueling of the Aqua spacecraft is tentatively planned
to occur on March 23. The spacecraft will then tentatively
arrive at the launch pad on the morning of April 1.
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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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No
change in status this week. The NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed
Martin plant in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is tentatively planned for
shipment to Vandenberg on Apr. 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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