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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 |
Solar
Radiation and Climate Experiment |
| Launch
Vehicle |
Pegasus
XL |
| Launch
Location |
Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch
Date |
January
25, 2003 |
| Launch
Time |
3:10
p.m. - 4:08
p.m. EST T-0: 3:14
p.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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In
the Multipurpose Payload Processing Facility
(MPPF) at KSC, mating of the SORCE spacecraft
to the Pegasus launch vehicle occurred on
Jan. 5 and the fairing was installed around
the spacecraft on Jan. 15. This morning, Jan.
22 at 4:45 a.m. the integrated vehicle left
the MPPF and was transported to the runway
at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It arrived
there at 6:30 a.m. and the mating to the L-1011
carrier aircraft was completed at 10:30 a.m.
The Combined Systems Test, an integrated test
involving the launch vehicle, spacecraft and
L-1011 aircraft, is scheduled for Thursday,
Jan. 23.
Departure of the L-1011 for launch on Saturday,
Jan. 25 will be at 2:15 p.m. for a drop targeted
to occur within the launch window at 3:14
p.m. EST. The launch window opens at 3:10
p.m. and closes at 4:08 p.m. The drop of the
Pegasus will be at an altitude of 39,000 feet
over the Atlantic Ocean approximately 100
miles east-southeast of Cape Canaveral.
The SORCE project is managed by NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center, the spacecraft is built
by the Orbital Sciences Space Systems Group,
and the instruments are built by the Laboratory
for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).
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GALEX
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| Mission |
Galaxy
Evolution Explorer |
| Launch Vehicle |
Pegasus
XL |
| Launch Location |
Skid Strip, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Launch Date |
April
4, 2003 |
| Launch Window |
6:50
- 8:50
a.m. EST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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At
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences
Pegasus launch vehicle is undergoing testing. It has successfully
completed the launch vehicle verification test, flight control
phasing, and flight simulation.
The launch vehicle is currently planned ferry to Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station on the L-1011 aircraft on Feb. 14.
The spacecraft, built for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
by the Orbital Sciences Space Systems Group is also undergoing
testing and is currently scheduled to arrive at KSC on Feb.
2.
The GALEX mission is led by the California Institute of
Technology. |
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ICESAT
/ CHIPSAT
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| Mission |
Ice,
Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite / Cosmic Hot Interstellar
Plasma Spectrometer |
| Launch Vehicle |
Boeing
Delta II with Reduced Height Dual Payload Attach Fitting
(DPAF) |
| Launch Pad |
SLC-2W,
Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) |
| Launch Date |
January
12, 2003 NET |
| Launch Time |
4:45
p.m. PST |
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Status
(processing
notes)
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launch of ICESat/CHIPSat occurred successfully on Sunday,
January 12 at 4:45 p.m. PST. The Boeing Delta II launch
vehicle performance was nominal. On-orbit, both ICESat and
CHIPSat are operating satisfactorily. |
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