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Subj: First Mars Exploration Rover Arrives At Cape For May Launch
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 061.08 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 2, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-061.08
The first of two Mars Exploration Rovers, MER-2 arrived at the Kennedy
Space Center today from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
Calif. The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander for the Mars Exploration
Rover-1 mission also arrived today. This same flight hardware for the
MER-2 rover arrived January 27, however this rover is scheduled to
arrive at KSC around March 10.
The Boeing Delta II vehicle for the first launch of the two launches
scheduled on May 25 is planned for erection on the pad at Space Launch
Complex 17 beginning April 18. The Delta for the second launch on June
30 will begin erection activities on May 1. Each spacecraft will
receive a MER-A or MER-B designation once they arrive at the pad.
While at KSC, each of the two rovers, the aeroshells and the landers
will undergo a full mission simulation. All of these flight elements
will then be integrated together.
After spin balance testing, each spacecraft will be mated to a solid
propellant upper stage booster that will propel the spacecraft out of
Earth orbit. Approximately ten days before launch they will be
transported to the launch pad for mating with their respective Boeing
Delta II rockets.
[ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information.]
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