FUSE News
Contents:
1) FUSE Observers Advisory Committee (FOAC), correction
2) Launch date update
3) Live FUSE images from KSC
1) FUSE Observers Advisory Committee (FOAC), correction
Somewhere along the way, from draft inputs to final distribution, we
managed to drop one name off the list of FOAC members in the March Newsletter.
Dr. You-Hua Chu of the University of Illinois is a FOAC member and should have
been included in the list. We apologize for this faux pas. The full list of
FOAC members is;
Name Institution
Joel Bregman Univ. of Michigan
You-Hua Chu Univ. of Illinois
Jean-Michel Deharveng LAS/Marseilles
Steven Federman Univ. of Toledo
Edward Guinan Villanova Univ.
Graham Harper Univ. of Colorado
John Hutchings DAO/Canada
Anuradha Koratkar STScI
John Raymond Center for Astrophysics
Peter Wannier JPL
2) Launch date update
The FUSE launch date was changed last week from May 20 to May 27, 1999,
because of changes in the Delta rocket launch schedule immediately preceding
FUSE. FUSE must use the same launch facility (Pad 17A) at Cape Canaveral Air
Station as this other payload, a GPS satellite. The rocket for the GPS launch
is already on the pad, so FUSE can't go anywhere until they blast off. If there
are further delays in the GPS launch it will directly effect the FUSE launch
date. As the schedule currently stands, NASA will launch FUSE on May 27, with
May 28 as a backup date in the event of weather or technical delays. The
sequence of events for the FUSE launch to stay on schedule: Delta III launch
on April 21 followed by the Delta II (GPS) launch on May 4. While we do not
expect further delays, in the space business anything is possible. We will
keep the FUSE web site (http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu) up to date with the latest
information.
The major milestones for the FUSE satellite on its march to orbit are
summarized below for a launch on May 27, 1999.
May 2 Install flight batteries
May 17 Install solar arrays
May 20 Transport FUSE to launch pad
May 23 Install fairing around satellite
May 27 Launch - window is 11:35 am to 12:53 pm
3) Live FUSE images from KSC
For those of you who want to see what is happening to the FUSE
satellite *RIGHT NOW*, KSC provides a (quasi) real-time video feed from the
FUSE processing in hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Station.
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/fuse/
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The Observer's Electronic Newsletter is published Monthly by the FUSE project
and is aimed at the FUSE user community.
Editor: B-G Andersson, FUSE Guest Investigator Officer.
The FUSE Project is managed by Johns Hopkins University's Center for
Astrophysical Sciences in Baltimore, MD, for NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center. The FUSE Principal Investigator is Dr. Warren Moos, the FUSE Project
Manager at JHU is Mr. Dennis McCarthy, and the NASA Project Scientist for FUSE
is Dr. George Sonneborn.
Further information about the FUSE Guest Investigator Program can be
obtained from: Dr. George Sonneborn; sonneborn@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov