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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
10.16.09 - At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, work has been under way this week to set up the necessary ground support equipment for loading of the cryogenic hydrogen which will be used to supercool the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
10.02.09 - At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, WISE spacecraft processing is going well and continues on schedule. The spacecraft instrument closeouts are under way.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
09.18.09 - To accommodate readiness of the STSS Demo spacecraft, the launch of the Delta II has been rescheduled for no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8 a.m. EDT. The launch window is 60 minutes in duration.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
09.11.09 - The Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators Program spacecraft Interface Verification Test with the Delta II rocket and the spacecraft functional test that followed are both complete.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
08.31.09 - The Delta II for launch of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators Program was powered on last week for state of health checks and associated testing. Configuring of Launch Pad 17-B for launch also is under way.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
08.21.09 - Configuring Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for launch of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators Program is under way.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
08.17.09 - At Pad 17-B, work has been on hold while the launch team focused on an Air Force Delta II on adjacent Pad 17-A. The vehicle launched at 6:35 a.m. EDT with the final Air Force Global Positioning System navigation satellite in the current GPS IIR series. This week the launch team will begin processing for STSS-Demo.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
08.07.09 - Ground support equipment for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft will arrive at Vandenberg on Monday, Aug. 10.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
07.31.09 - At Pad 17-B, no significant work is being undertaken to allow the launch team to work on the Air Force Delta II on adjacent Pad 17-A.
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
07.17.09 - At Pad B on Launch Complex 17, liquid oxygen leak checks of the first stage of the Delta II for the STSS-Demo mission are scheduled next week on July 20. For this test, the first stage will be filled with liquid oxygen during a simulated countdown.
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Third Instrument for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Arrives at Goddard
01.02.08 - The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly was delivered to Goddard in preparation for SDO's scheduled launch in December 2008.
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Solar Dynamics Observatory Instrument at Goddard
11.16.07 - The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager will gaze through the Sun at internal processes that will help us understand the origins of solar weather.
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NASA Unveils Antenna Network in New Mexico
11.08.07 - Goddard engineers showcased the new 18-meter Ka Band Antenna Network, the first such system in agency history, during a ceremony at the White Sands Test Facility.
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First Solar Dynamic Observatory Instrument Arrives at Goddard
09.07.07 - SDO's EVE instrument will measure how much the sun's ultraviolet brightness changes.