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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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TDRS-J
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| Mission |
Tracking
and Data Relay Satellite-J |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Lockheed
Martin Atlas IIA (AC-144) |
| Launch
Pad |
Launch
Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
November
20, 2002 |
| Launch
Window |
10:36
p.m. - 11:16
p.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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 The
TDRS-J spacecraft has completed testing at the Boeing
Satellite Systems plant in El Segundo, Calif., and is
scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle
Landing Facility tomorrow, Oct. 17, aboard a C-17 aircraft.
The spacecraft ground support equipment arrived at KSC
yesterday, Oct. 15.
The Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA launch vehicle arrived at
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Denver, Colo., on
Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8:20 a.m. aboard an Antonov 124 aircraft.
The Atlas stage with its Rocketdyne MA-5A two-chamber
booster engine and sustainer engine was erected on Pad
36-A on Oct. 9. The Centaur stage with its pair of Pratt
and Whitney RL-10 engines was hoisted atop the Atlas on
Oct. 11. The initial power application to the vehicle
occurred this week on Monday, Oct. 14.
The next major milestone is the Simulated Flight test
(SimFlight), an electrical test of the vehicle systems
during simulated powered flight from launch through spacecraft
separation. To follow will be the vehicle's Wet Dress
Rehearsal on Nov. 6, a countdown with the vehicle fully
fueled with liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and RP-1 propellants.
The TDRS-J satellite will be mated with the launch vehicle
at the pad on Nov. 12 and followed on Nov. 13 with the
Composite Electrical Readiness Test (CERT). This will
verify that the vehicle and spacecraft are operating on
an integrated basis.
This is the 24th and final Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA model
launch vehicle (no solid rocket boosters) and has a 100%
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| Mission |
Solar
Radiation and Climate Experiment |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Pegasus
XL |
| Launch
Pad |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
December
1, 2002 |
| Launch
Time |
3:09
p.m. - 4:09
p.m. EST T-0: 3:14
p.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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SORCE
is at the Orbital Space Systems Group spacecraft
facility in Dulles, Va., and has satisfactorily
completed space environment tests. The spacecraft
is scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center
to begin final processing on Oct. 26.
The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle
continues to undergo buildup and testing at
Vandenberg Air Force Base. The mating of the
three stages was completed yesterday, Oct.
15. Two Flight Simulation tests are scheduled
while the vehicle is in California. Flight
Simulation No. 1 was successfully completed
on Oct. 11 and Flight Simulation No. 2 is
under way today, Oct. 16.
The Pegasus is scheduled for ferry to Cape
Canaveral using the Orbital Sciences L-1011
aircraft on Oct. 29. Three Flight Simulation
tests are also planned at KSC prior to launch
and are scheduled to occur on Nov. 1, Nov.
8 and Nov. 18. |
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ICESAT
/ CHIPSAT
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| Mission |
Ice,
Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite / Cosmic Hot
Interstellar Spectrometer |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Delta
II with Dual Payload Attach Fixture (DPAF) |
| Launch
Pad |
SLC-2W,
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Launch
Date |
December 19, 2002 (tentative) |
| Launch
Window |
4:09:32
- 5:32:00
p.m. PST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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The
ICESAT spacecraft is at the Ball Aerospace Facility in
Boulder, Colo. All testing has been successfully completed,
and the spacecraft is being prepared for shipment to Vandenberg
Air Force Base on Oct. 23.
The CHIPSAT spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg Air Force
Base yesterday, Oct. 15, and was taken to the Astrotech
Space Operations Payload Processing Facility. The satellite
is being powered on today.
The Delta II first and second stages have arrived at Vandenberg
after successfully completing checkout at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station. The booster is scheduled for erection
next week beginning Oct. 22 at Space Launch Complex 2
located on North Vandenberg Air Force Base. |
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