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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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