Jacques van Oene
June 23rd 05, 08:47 PM
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-3749)
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2493)
STATUS REPORT: ELV-062305
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
MISSION: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 401
LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS), Fla.
LAUNCH DATE: August 10, 2005
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7:53:58 to 9:53:58 a.m. (EDT)
Power-on testing continues to go well. The high-gain antenna will be
installed on Friday. Also, the solar arrays are being cleaned and
inspected in preparation for installation, currently planned for June
28.
On June 17, the Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V was transported
from the hangar at the Atlas Space Operations Center to the Vertical
Integration Facility (VIF) at SLC-41. It was hoisted atop the Atlas
stage to begin checkout.
The Launch Vehicle Readiness Test is under way. A countdown wet dress
rehearsal with the launch vehicle fully fueled is scheduled in early
July.
The MRO will be transported from the Payload Hazardous Servicing
Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the VIF in late July. It
will join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations. The
spacecraft is then scheduled to undergo a functional test, and a
final week of integrated testing and closeouts.
The MRO mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a
division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.,
for the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space
Systems is the prime contractor for the project and will provide
launch services for the mission with International Launch Services.
MISSION: CALIPSO/CloudSat
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Boeing Delta 7420 DPAF
LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB),
Calif.
LAUNCH DATE: No Earlier Than August 22, 2005
The launch of CALIPSO/CloudSat will occur aboard a Boeing Delta II
rocket from NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 at VAFB in California.
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
(CALIPSO) spacecraft completed comprehensive checkout on June 17 as
scheduled. Atmospheric testing of the spacecraft's laser was
completed June 15. Meanwhile, CloudSat is undergoing a battery
trickle charge which will be followed by about one week of battery
reconditioning. Technicians are also performing some additional
spacecraft testing.
On June 14, the stacking of the Boeing Delta II at SLC2 began with the
hoisting of the first stage into the launcher. Attachment of the four
strap-on solid rocket boosters is under way this week.
CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary and together will
provide never-before-seen, 3-D perspectives of how clouds and
aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and
CloudSat will fly in formation with three other satellites in the
A-train constellation to enable an even greater understanding of our
climate system from the broad array of sensors on these other
spacecraft.
As a part of the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder program, CALIPSO
is a collaborative effort with the French space agency Centre
National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Ball Aerospace, Hampton
University in Virginia and France's Institut Pierre Simon Laplace.
Ball Aerospace is responsible for CALIPSO's scientific instrument and
communications suite, including the lidar and Wide Field Camera.
Previous status reports are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-3749)
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2493)
STATUS REPORT: ELV-062305
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
MISSION: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 401
LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(CCAFS), Fla.
LAUNCH DATE: August 10, 2005
LAUNCH WINDOW: 7:53:58 to 9:53:58 a.m. (EDT)
Power-on testing continues to go well. The high-gain antenna will be
installed on Friday. Also, the solar arrays are being cleaned and
inspected in preparation for installation, currently planned for June
28.
On June 17, the Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V was transported
from the hangar at the Atlas Space Operations Center to the Vertical
Integration Facility (VIF) at SLC-41. It was hoisted atop the Atlas
stage to begin checkout.
The Launch Vehicle Readiness Test is under way. A countdown wet dress
rehearsal with the launch vehicle fully fueled is scheduled in early
July.
The MRO will be transported from the Payload Hazardous Servicing
Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to the VIF in late July. It
will join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations. The
spacecraft is then scheduled to undergo a functional test, and a
final week of integrated testing and closeouts.
The MRO mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a
division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.,
for the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Lockheed Martin Space
Systems is the prime contractor for the project and will provide
launch services for the mission with International Launch Services.
MISSION: CALIPSO/CloudSat
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Boeing Delta 7420 DPAF
LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB),
Calif.
LAUNCH DATE: No Earlier Than August 22, 2005
The launch of CALIPSO/CloudSat will occur aboard a Boeing Delta II
rocket from NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 at VAFB in California.
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
(CALIPSO) spacecraft completed comprehensive checkout on June 17 as
scheduled. Atmospheric testing of the spacecraft's laser was
completed June 15. Meanwhile, CloudSat is undergoing a battery
trickle charge which will be followed by about one week of battery
reconditioning. Technicians are also performing some additional
spacecraft testing.
On June 14, the stacking of the Boeing Delta II at SLC2 began with the
hoisting of the first stage into the launcher. Attachment of the four
strap-on solid rocket boosters is under way this week.
CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary and together will
provide never-before-seen, 3-D perspectives of how clouds and
aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and
CloudSat will fly in formation with three other satellites in the
A-train constellation to enable an even greater understanding of our
climate system from the broad array of sensors on these other
spacecraft.
As a part of the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder program, CALIPSO
is a collaborative effort with the French space agency Centre
National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Ball Aerospace, Hampton
University in Virginia and France's Institut Pierre Simon Laplace.
Ball Aerospace is responsible for CALIPSO's scientific instrument and
communications suite, including the lidar and Wide Field Camera.
Previous status reports are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
-end-
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info