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Flight 2008 (CREAM IV)

Happy New Year!

Monday, 05 January 2009 15:34

Matt arrived as scheduled and already passed all trainings. Michel is expected to arrive today together with Dave Sullivan. He is already scheduled for the full Snow School next week and for the High Altitude lecture. Dwayne and most of his team has left McMurdo early this morning. They should be on their way to Christchurch right now. Henry and Mike are also on this flight.

Sasha

Last Updated on Monday, 05 January 2009 15:41

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Flight Launch, Dec 18, 2008
04:54:45 PM EST
McMurdo Station, Antarctica

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CREAM IV Flight Trajectory

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2008 Major Milestones

Jan: Delivery & mechanical fit-check of upper structure
Mar 12: Delivery of recovered CREAM-III detector systems.
Mar-May: Refurbishment of detector systems.
Apr 14-18: Assembly of the upper structure.
May 5-9: Integration of TCD.
May 12-16: Integration of Chercam.
Jun. 3: Integration of the SCD.
Jun. 3: Mechanical integration of the CD.
May-Jun: Integration and long term burn-in.
Jul 7: Shipping instrument to CSBF.
Jul 9-31: Integrate instrument with CDM & balloon-craft buildup at CSBF.
Aug. 1-5: Hang-test and long term burn-in at CSBF.
Aug. 20: Mission Readiness Review .
Aug. 18: GSE sea containers ship to the ICE from CSBF.
Aug. 28: Instrument sea container ship to the ICE from CSBF.
Sep. 8: Instrument sea container arrive at Christchurch, NZ.
Oct. 23: Mission Operations Review.
Nov. 7 (NZT) : First 5 launch crews arrive at McMurdo
Nov. 9-30 (NZT): Integrate instrument with CDM & balloon-craft building at Willie Field
Dec. 1 (NZT): Hang-test at Willie Field, CREAM-IV Flight ready
Dec. 3 (NZT): WFF Flight Readiness Review (FRR)