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September 11th 09, 11:45 PM
Sept. 11, 2009
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
STATUS REPORT: ELV-091109
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. 18, 2009
Launch Window: 8 - 8:58 a.m. EDT
The STSS Demo spacecraft Interface Verification Test with the Delta
II
rocket and the spacecraft functional test that followed are both
complete. The Flight Program Verification test, an electrical and
mechanical test involving the Delta II and the spacecraft, has also
been completed. The installation of the payload fairing around the
STSS spacecraft is set for this weekend.
The Flight Readiness Review is scheduled for Sept. 14. Loading of the
hypergolic propellants aboard the Delta II second stage will follow
on Sept. 15. On Sept. 17 at 11 p.m., the mobile service tower will be
pulled away from the Delta II rocket. On launch day, Sept. 18, the
terminal countdown begins at 5:20 a.m. to start the loading of the
RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen aboard the Delta II first stage.
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: 9:10 - 9:23 a.m. EST
At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, the
WISE spacecraft functional testing is complete. This week no work was
scheduled to allow for crew crest after the longer work days required
to support the ten days of spacecraft functional testing. Processing
will resume next week.
Vandenberg Air Force Base experienced the effects of a 3.9 magnitude
(light) earthquake at 4:22 a.m. PDT on Sept. 10. The epicenter was
offshore in the Pacific Ocean approximately 9 miles west of Lompoc.
WISE personnel performed an inspection of the spacecraft and no
anomalies were noted. Also, nothing unusual was found after an
inspection of the Astrotech payload processing facility.
Build-up of the Delta II at Space Launch Complex 2 is scheduled to
begin on Oct. 19 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
With the launch being rescheduled to Feb. 3, 2010, and major SDO
testing complete, spacecraft processing has reached a logical point
to begin a spacecraft dwell period. SDO and spacecraft ground test
support equipment have been powered off. SDO has been placed within
environmentally protective double coverings.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html
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George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
STATUS REPORT: ELV-091109
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. 18, 2009
Launch Window: 8 - 8:58 a.m. EDT
The STSS Demo spacecraft Interface Verification Test with the Delta
II
rocket and the spacecraft functional test that followed are both
complete. The Flight Program Verification test, an electrical and
mechanical test involving the Delta II and the spacecraft, has also
been completed. The installation of the payload fairing around the
STSS spacecraft is set for this weekend.
The Flight Readiness Review is scheduled for Sept. 14. Loading of the
hypergolic propellants aboard the Delta II second stage will follow
on Sept. 15. On Sept. 17 at 11 p.m., the mobile service tower will be
pulled away from the Delta II rocket. On launch day, Sept. 18, the
terminal countdown begins at 5:20 a.m. to start the loading of the
RP-1 fuel and liquid oxygen aboard the Delta II first stage.
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: 9:10 - 9:23 a.m. EST
At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, the
WISE spacecraft functional testing is complete. This week no work was
scheduled to allow for crew crest after the longer work days required
to support the ten days of spacecraft functional testing. Processing
will resume next week.
Vandenberg Air Force Base experienced the effects of a 3.9 magnitude
(light) earthquake at 4:22 a.m. PDT on Sept. 10. The epicenter was
offshore in the Pacific Ocean approximately 9 miles west of Lompoc.
WISE personnel performed an inspection of the spacecraft and no
anomalies were noted. Also, nothing unusual was found after an
inspection of the Astrotech payload processing facility.
Build-up of the Delta II at Space Launch Complex 2 is scheduled to
begin on Oct. 19 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
With the launch being rescheduled to Feb. 3, 2010, and major SDO
testing complete, spacecraft processing has reached a logical point
to begin a spacecraft dwell period. SDO and spacecraft ground test
support equipment have been powered off. SDO has been placed within
environmentally protective double coverings.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html
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