SPACECRAFT AND EXPENDABLE VEHICLES STATUS REPORT
April 3, 2002

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center
321/867-2468

      
MISSION: Aqua EOS-PM (Earth Observing System Aqua Observatory)
LAUNCH VEHICLE:  DELTA II 7920-10L
LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base
LAUNCH DATE:  April 26, 2002  
LAUNCH WINDOW:  2:54:58 - 3:04:58 a.m. PDT
     
             The Aqua spacecraft is at the Spaceport Systems International
(SSI) payload processing facility located on South Vandenberg Air Force
Base. The Aqua project has completed testing of the spacecraft batteries and
cleared the satellite for the fueling activities, which began on Monday,
Apr. 1.  Based on the schedule of remaining Delta vehicle and Aqua
spacecraft work, the launch date has officially been set for Friday, Apr.
26. 

            Boeing has planned a launch site readiness review on Apr. 10
prior to the spacecraft's arrival at the pad on Apr. 11.

              

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

          The Titan II/G-14 booster for NOAA-M was transported to SLC-4 West
on Saturday, Mar. 30 and erected on the launch pad Monday, Apr. 1. 

         The NOAA-M spacecraft is at the Lockheed Martin plant in Sunnyvale,
Calif. and is planned for shipment to Vandenberg on Apr. 25.  It will be
processed at NASA spacecraft hangar 1610 located on North Vandenberg Air
Force Base. The apogee kick motor for NOAA-M is scheduled to arrive on Apr.
8 and the spacecraft's ground support equipment will arrive the following
day.  


           
MISSION:  CONTOUR  (Comet Nucleus Tour)
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Delta II 7425
LAUNCH PAD: 17-A  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
LAUNCH DATE:  July 1, 2002
LAUNCH WINDOW:  2:57:12 - 2:57:24 a.m. EDT

          The spacecraft's solid rocket motor arrived at KSC on Tuesday,
Apr. 2 and will be processed at SAEF-2 prior to the arrival of CONTOUR.  The
spacecraft is currently at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
MD and will arrive at KSC on Apr. 25 to begin final checkout and
preparations for launch.  The spacecraft's associated ground support
equipment will arrive two days prior on Apr. 23.

          At Space Launch Complex 17, erection of the Delta booster is
planned to begin on May 29.  The launch vehicle second stage arrived at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday, Apr. 1 and is undergoing checkout at
Delta launch vehicle Hangar AO. 


	
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