Jacques van Oene
July 12th 05, 04:45 PM
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington July 12, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-3749)
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-006
Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Launch Vehicle: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 401
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station
Launch Date: August 10, 2005
Launch Window: 7:53:58 to 9:53:58 a.m. (EDT)
Power-on testing continues to go well. Solar arrays will be deployed,
inspected and stowed for launch. The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V is
at the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at SLC-41. It was hoisted atop
the Atlas stage to begin checkout.
The Launch Vehicle Readiness Test continues. A countdown wet dress rehearsal
with the launch vehicle fully fueled was completed July 7. Spacecraft
fueling is scheduled for July 18. A spin test to ensure balance of the
spacecraft will be completed by July 20. The MRO will be transported from
the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the VIF in late July. It will
join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations.
Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat)
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II 7420 DPAF
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC2), Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif.
Launch Date: NET September 11, 2005
CloudSat completed battery reconditioning June 27. The second stage of the
Delta II vehicle is planned to be hoisted atop the interstage Thursday.
Processing of the CALIPSO spacecraft is complete. Previous status reports
are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005
For information about NASA on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington July 12, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-3749)
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-006
Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Launch Vehicle: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 401
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station
Launch Date: August 10, 2005
Launch Window: 7:53:58 to 9:53:58 a.m. (EDT)
Power-on testing continues to go well. Solar arrays will be deployed,
inspected and stowed for launch. The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V is
at the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at SLC-41. It was hoisted atop
the Atlas stage to begin checkout.
The Launch Vehicle Readiness Test continues. A countdown wet dress rehearsal
with the launch vehicle fully fueled was completed July 7. Spacecraft
fueling is scheduled for July 18. A spin test to ensure balance of the
spacecraft will be completed by July 20. The MRO will be transported from
the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the VIF in late July. It will
join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations.
Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation
and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat)
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II 7420 DPAF
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC2), Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif.
Launch Date: NET September 11, 2005
CloudSat completed battery reconditioning June 27. The second stage of the
Delta II vehicle is planned to be hoisted atop the interstage Thursday.
Processing of the CALIPSO spacecraft is complete. Previous status reports
are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005
For information about NASA on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info