Processing and integration of the three stages comprising an Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus rocket are complete in processing facility 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California
I haven't done a full data review yet, but flight sim 2 went very smoothly. We continue to press on toward launch.
The mission's launch is now scheduled for no earlier than March 21 to allow the launch vehicle team an additional week to complete necessary engineering reviews.
Pegasus Fairing Installation Scheduled for FridayThu, 01 Mar 2012 08:34:37 AM ESTAt Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, closeouts of the NuSTAR spacecraft and the Pegasus payload fairing are under way. Fairing installation is scheduled to begin tomorrow.When all testing and processing is complete, the integrated vehicle will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at the Pacific Ocean's Kwajalein Atoll for launch, which is currently scheduled for no earlier than March 21.
Inside the Orbital Sciences processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, preparations to launch NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are nearly complete. The spacecraft has been mated with its Pegasus XL rocket and enclosed in the Pegasus payload fairing
At the March 15 launch status meeting for NASA's NuSTAR mission set to launch aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket a decision was made to postpone the launch. The delay will allow additional time to assure that the flight software to be used with a new Pegasus flight computer will issue commands to the rocket as intended.The time required to complete the work moves the launch period beyond the timeframe currently available on the range at the launch site. In the interim, NASA will coordinate with the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll to determine the earliest launch opportunity available, which is anticipated to be within the next couple of months.