Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report - July 31, 2009

July 31, 2009

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468


STATUS REPORT: ELV-073109

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators
Program (STSS-Demo)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-10
Launch Pad: Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: Sept. 15, 2009
Launch Window: 8 - 9 p.m. EDT

At Pad 17-B, no significant work is being undertaken to allow the
launch team to work on the Air Force Delta II on adjacent Pad 17-A.
The vehicle will loft into orbit the final Air Force Global
Positioning System navigation satellite in the current series on Aug.
17.



Mission: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Timeframe: Dec. 4, 2009

On July 27, the SDO spacecraft was moved from a work stand onto a
Ransome table. This device allows for the spacecraft to be raised,
lowered or rotated into various orientations for access to the
various spacecraft instruments and subsystems. On July 28, the
initial charging of the spacecraft flight battery was completed.

The SDO full observatory comprehensive performance test still is
planned to begin on Aug. 10. This will fully test all of the
spacecraft science instruments and will be their last major
evaluation before launch.



Previous status reports are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/...tus/index.html

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