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October 9th 09, 07:20 PM posted to sci.space.news
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Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report - October 9, 2009
Oct. 9, 2009
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
STATUS REPORT: ELV-100909
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Dec. 7, 2009
Launch Window: 6:10 - 6:23 a.m. PST
At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg,
WISE
spacecraft testing is complete. Work now is beginning to prepare the
spacecraft for loading of the cryogenic hydrogen which will be used
to supercool the infrared telescope during its six months of
observations.
Build-up of the Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex 2 is
scheduled
to begin on Oct. 16 with hoisting of the first stage into the
launcher.
Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: Feb. 3, 2010
Launch Window: 10:53 - 11:53 a.m. EST
Propulsion system testing and leak checks of the spacecraft are under
way. The full observatory comprehensive performance test is complete.
The Atlas rocket first stage booster is set to arrive by air at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station on Oct. 26, followed by the Centaur upper
stage on Oct. 29.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/...tus/index.html
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