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EUROCKOT's MOM Daily No. 6

14 June 2003

MOM L-26 to L-18

All three spacecraft (CanX-1, AAU Cubesat and DTUsat), now contained
in the NLS-1 container (P-Pod) were processed and are ready for
integration with the upper stage adapter, they have to be trickle
charged periodically. The US team for the NLS-2 (Quakesat) spacecraft
will arrive tomorrow. 

Today a team of 14 Japanese space engineers and students from the
University of Tokyo and the Titech Institute, also in Tokyo, arrived.
They will prepare the two Japanese spacecraft Cube UT (CubeSat XI)
and Cube Titech (CUTE-1) within the next days. Today electrical and
mechanical interface checks were performed.

The MOST team is now completely present at the launch site to support
mating operations planned to begin on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the ROCKOT booster (stage 1 and 2) has been transported to
the launch pad and been erected. The BREEZE KM upper stage has
started its fuelling procedures in the bipropellant fuelling
facility.

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