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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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| 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 Combined Systems Test is
under way today.
The NOAA-M spacecraft processing has been completed,
and the satellite will be installed into its payload
canister tomorrow in preparation for being moved to
Space Launch Complex 4 West. The spacecraft will be
erected top the Titan II on May 30. Work to
install the payload fairing around the satellite atop
the rocket will begin on June 8 and be complete on
June 13. |
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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, spacecraft Mission Operations testing concluded successfully
on Tuesday, and today, CONTOUR was mated to its solid propellant
apogee kick motor. Next week, the solar arrays will be installed
and light-tested. On June 4-5, there will be a final test of the
CONTOUR science instruments. The spacecraft will then be placed
on a spin table for an initial spin test before fuel is loaded
aboard. Fueling is currently scheduled for June 7-8. A second
spin test with the spacecraft fully fueled will then be conducted.
The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle second stage arrived at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday, April 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 April 15 and is at Hangar M.
At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta booster will
begin next week on Tuesday, May 28. The pre-vehicle-on-stand (Pre-VOS)
review was completed yesterday at the Boeing facility in Huntington
Beach, Calif., without any significant issues or concerns.
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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 NET |
| Launch
Time |
7:50
- 9:50
a.m. EDT |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
launch of GALEX has been rescheduled by approximately two weeks
to allow time for the spacecraft to complete processing at the
Orbital Space Systems Group spacecraft facility in Dulles, Va.
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences
Pegasus XL will also need some additional time to complete processing
that allows for resolution of a concern with the vehicle's thrust
vector control system.
Arrival of GALEX at KSC is now tentatively planned to occur on
June 25 and arrival of the Pegasus XL is being anticipated for
July 11. |
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No status report will be issued on May 29.
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