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payload processing status will be issued weekly. It will provide
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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 |
May
4, 2002 |
| Launch
Time |
2:54:58
- 3:04:58
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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| The
launch of Aqua EOS - PM from NASA's Space Launch Complex 2
West occurred successfully on Saturday, May 4. Liftoff of
the Boeing Delta II rocket occurred at 2:54:58.290 PDT. Spacecraft
separation occurred at 3:54 a.m. PDT inserting the spacecraft
into a circular polar orbit of 438 miles. |
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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
NET |
| Launch Window |
11:22
- 11:32
a.m. PDT |
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Status
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At
SLC-4W, the Titan II/G-14 prelaunch preparations continue
to progress on schedule. This week the Combined Systems
Engine Leak Checks are in work on the first stage and
gas generator servicing and verification testing is
underway on the second stage. A technical concern with
the vehicle's Inertial Measurement Unit remains under
evaluation but it is not clear at this time as to whether
there could be any schedule impact.
The NOAA-M spacecraft arrived at VAFB on Apr. 25 and
is at NASA Spacecraft Hangar 1610 on North Vandenberg.
The spacecraft's apogee kick motor was installed on
Apr. 30. The Spacecraft Electrical Performance and Evaluation
Test (SEPET) successfully completed on Wednesday, May
8.
The fairing for NOAA-M is scheduled to arrive today
to begin processing at an Air Force facility also located
on North Vandenberg. |
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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
- 2:56:26
a.m. EDT |
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Status
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At
SAEF-2, the CONTOUR spacecraft has successfully completed the System
Performance Test to verify that all spacecraft systems are functioning
to their design capabilities.
This week the Deep Space Network compatibility test is under way
using facilities located at the MILA tracking station at KSC. This
test verifies CONTOUR's ability to communicate with the world-wide
system of deep space tracking stations operated by the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory.
The CONTOUR Mission Readiness Review will be held next week at the
Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore on May 15.
The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle second stage arrived at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday, Apr. 1. It continues to undergo
checkout at Delta launch vehicle Hangar AO without any issues or
concerns. The Delta first stage arrived at Cape Canaveral on Apr.
15 and is at Hangar M.
At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta booster will begin
on Tuesday, May 28. A pre-vehicle-on-stand (Pre-VOS) review is scheduled
for May 21 at the Boeing facility in Huntington Beach, CA.
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