Hi SeeSatters-- T-3:38 and counting... ############# >To: jim.wilson@mail.utexas.edu >Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:15:16 -0500 >From: NASANews@luna.osf.hq.nasa.gov (NASA HQ Public Affairs Office) >Subject: SAC-B/HETE Launch Rescheduled for Wednesday, October 30 > >Dave Steitz >Headquarters, Washington, DC October 29, 1996 >(Phone: 757/824-1776) > >Keith Koehler >Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA >(Phone: 757/824-1579) > >NOTE TO EDITORS: N96-73 > >SAC-B/HETE LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 > > NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation agreed late Monday >to postpone the Pegasus launch of SAC-B/HETE for 24 hours to >Wednesday, October 30, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, >Wallops Island, VA. The rescheduling decision was made to >allow rest time for launch team members who were assessing an >avionics issue until late Monday night. > > The concern surfaced when components to be used on >upcoming Pegasus launches were discovered to have a >communication problem between the on-board computer and the >inertial navigation unit. After an extensive period of >testing, the additional evaluation concluded that this >condition is not present in the SAC-B/HETE vehicle hardware. > > This afternoon, the SAC-B/HETE vehicle was cleared for >flight. The drop time on Wednesday remains targeted for >12:09 p.m. EST. > > -end- ################## ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jim Wilson, Program Manager Texas Space Grant Consortium 3925 West Braker Lane, Ste. 200 Austin, TX 78759-5321 +--------------------------------+ Ph:(512) 471-6922 / Fax:471-3585 jim.wilson@mail.utexas.edu http://www.utexas.edu/tsgc/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++