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MISSION TIMELINE
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Launch Date: -- No earlier than March 2, 2005

Launch Time: -- 9:35 to 9:42 a.m. PST

Location: -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

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MISSION HISTORY:

May 1999 -- MUBLCOM satellite launched.
June 2001 -- Orbital Sciences Corporation awarded contracts to design and develop the DART flight demonstrator.
July 2004 -- DART arrives at Vandenberg AFB.
October 2004 -- DART Mission and Science Prelaunch Briefing



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