NASA Watch
NASA Watch note: The following was presented in a 22 April 1999 Triana briefing at GSFC. Note Feb. 17, 1999 typo.
Current Major Milestones
| Oct. 4, 1999 |
Modal survey (Flight upper structure, prop. module structure, S/A's, booms, sep.system 7 OAF. ETU SMEX-Lite bus, inert Star-48, mass dummies for all components & instruments) |
| Oct. 19, 1999 |
Structural protoflight vibration (Same configuration as modal except no Star-48) |
| Nov. 1, 1999 |
Deliver qualified prop. module strcture for prop system integration. |
| Nov. 1, 1999 |
Begin solar array and boom mechanism testing |
| Dec. 1, 1999 |
Begin instrument integration |
| Jan. 3, 2000 |
Deliver verfied math model to JSC. |
| Feb. 17, 1999 |
Begin observatory level T&E. |
| May 21, 2000 |
Ship to KSC |
| Sept. 15, 2000 |
Launch |
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