----- POLARIS EXPERIMENT ----- * * * ER-2 NOTE * * * Friday, 20 June 1997 SCHEDULE INFO: The ER-2 underwent phased maintenance (scheduled inspection) at Ames and had a successful Functional Check Flight (FCF) on Tuesday, 17 June. Ken Broda will fly the transit to Alaska as scheduled on Monday, 23 June. The earliest takeoff will be 10:30 PDT, which would mean an arrival in Fairbanks at 15:00 local Alaska time. OMS teams have arrived and are proceeding with payload preparation for launch readiness next week. The NSBF LDB (Long Duration Balloon) project is also here at Ft. Wainwright. They have just gotten clearance to overfly Russia and hope to launch in the next few days for their circumnavigation flight. Monday, 23 June: ER-2 Transit Ames-Ft. Wainwright Tuesday, 24 June: Instrument integration Wednesday, 25 June Instrument integration if needed *** 12noon - Lunchtime science team meeting *** (there will be a sign up Tuesday for the Wednesday lunch) Thursday, 26 June First science flight opportunity POLARIS Message Phone: 907/356-5721
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