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1998 MARS SURVEYOR PROJECT STATUS REPORT
December 21, 1998

John McNamee
Mars Surveyor 98 Project Manager

Mars Polar Lander: Launch -13 days

The lander was transported to Space Launch Complex 17B (SLC-17B) at 3:00 am EST Monday morning as scheduled and mated with the Delta stack. A full functional checkout (T-7) of the science payload was completed successfully. A full functional checkout of the lander's engineering subsystems, both "A" and "B" strings, is progressing nominally and is scheduled for completion Tuesday.

Addendum by Ron Baalke:

The following WebCams are now available for the Mars Polar Lander, showing launch preparation activities at Launch Pad 17B:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/lander/ksc.html (still images)
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/lander/ksc1.html (video stream)
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/lander/ksc2.html (still images)
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/lander/ksc3.html (video stream)

Time Lapse Movie

Mars Polar Lander Spacecraft At Kennedy Space Center
December 21, 1998


Mars Polar Lander
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