SAC-B/HETE Launch Rescheduled for Wednesday, October 30

Jim Wilson (jim.wilson@mail.utexas.edu)
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:31:20 -0600

Hi SeeSatters--

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>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-
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