Jacques van Oene
December 6th 05, 09:09 PM
December 6, 2005
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: (202) 358-3749)
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: (321) 867-2468)
STATUS REPORT: E05-020
NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-020
Mission: New Horizons
Launch Vehicle: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 (AV-010)
Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: Jan. 11, 2006
Launch Window: 2:11 - 4:07 p.m. EST
The Atlas V was successfully tested yesterday during a launch pad "Wet
Dress Rehearsal." The rehearsal was a countdown test with the launch
vehicle fully loaded with propellants, including RP-1 fuel, liquid
oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The fifth and last solid rocket booster
was mated to the Atlas V on Nov. 29.
At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Spacecraft Autonomy
Testing to ensure New Horizon's ability to function without commands
from Earth was successfully completed.
The Boeing third stage, the upper stage booster for the spacecraft's
escape from low-Earth orbit, was delivered to the Payload Hazardous
Servicing Facility on Dec. 1 as scheduled. The spacecraft will be
mated to the third stage on Friday.
Hydrazine fuel for attitude control and course-correction maneuvers
was loaded into the spacecraft on Sunday. The "wet" spin-balance test
with fuel aboard is scheduled for today and tomorrow. Encapsulation
of the spacecraft into the Atlas V fairing is scheduled on Dec. 12,
followed by transportation to Complex 41 on Dec. 16.
Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations and CloudSat
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: No Earlier Than February 2006
Launch Window: TBD
The satellites are installed in the Dual Payload Attach Fitting at the
Astrotech payload processing facilities on north Vandenberg. They
will remain there, before preparation for transportation to Complex
2, until a new launch date is determined. Further Delta II
preparations at NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 are on hold until the
payloads arrive at the pad for installation atop the second stage.
Mission: Space Technology 5 (ST5)
Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL
Launch Date: Feb. 28, 2006
Launch Window: 8:57:21 to 10:19:21 a.m. EST
The spacecraft, arrived at Vandenberg Monday to begin processing at
NASA Hangar 836. The craft consists of three miniaturized, autonomous
micro-satellites. They will be installed in a stacked configuration
within the fairing of the Pegasus and launched into a 2,800-mile-high
polar orbit.
After deployment, the micro-satellites will be positioned in a "string
of pearls" constellation. The mission will demonstrate the ability to
position spacecraft to perform simultaneous multi-point magnetic
field measurements using highly sensitive magnetometers. With the
data, scientists can begin to understand and map the intensity and
direction of the Earth's magnetic field, its relation to space
weather events and the effects on our planet.
The project is an instrumental part of the New Millennium Program to
identify, develop, build and test innovative technologies and
concepts that can be used in future missions.
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/home
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: (202) 358-3749)
George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: (321) 867-2468)
STATUS REPORT: E05-020
NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-020
Mission: New Horizons
Launch Vehicle: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 (AV-010)
Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: Jan. 11, 2006
Launch Window: 2:11 - 4:07 p.m. EST
The Atlas V was successfully tested yesterday during a launch pad "Wet
Dress Rehearsal." The rehearsal was a countdown test with the launch
vehicle fully loaded with propellants, including RP-1 fuel, liquid
oxygen and liquid hydrogen. The fifth and last solid rocket booster
was mated to the Atlas V on Nov. 29.
At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Spacecraft Autonomy
Testing to ensure New Horizon's ability to function without commands
from Earth was successfully completed.
The Boeing third stage, the upper stage booster for the spacecraft's
escape from low-Earth orbit, was delivered to the Payload Hazardous
Servicing Facility on Dec. 1 as scheduled. The spacecraft will be
mated to the third stage on Friday.
Hydrazine fuel for attitude control and course-correction maneuvers
was loaded into the spacecraft on Sunday. The "wet" spin-balance test
with fuel aboard is scheduled for today and tomorrow. Encapsulation
of the spacecraft into the Atlas V fairing is scheduled on Dec. 12,
followed by transportation to Complex 41 on Dec. 16.
Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations and CloudSat
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: No Earlier Than February 2006
Launch Window: TBD
The satellites are installed in the Dual Payload Attach Fitting at the
Astrotech payload processing facilities on north Vandenberg. They
will remain there, before preparation for transportation to Complex
2, until a new launch date is determined. Further Delta II
preparations at NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 are on hold until the
payloads arrive at the pad for installation atop the second stage.
Mission: Space Technology 5 (ST5)
Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL
Launch Date: Feb. 28, 2006
Launch Window: 8:57:21 to 10:19:21 a.m. EST
The spacecraft, arrived at Vandenberg Monday to begin processing at
NASA Hangar 836. The craft consists of three miniaturized, autonomous
micro-satellites. They will be installed in a stacked configuration
within the fairing of the Pegasus and launched into a 2,800-mile-high
polar orbit.
After deployment, the micro-satellites will be positioned in a "string
of pearls" constellation. The mission will demonstrate the ability to
position spacecraft to perform simultaneous multi-point magnetic
field measurements using highly sensitive magnetometers. With the
data, scientists can begin to understand and map the intensity and
direction of the Earth's magnetic field, its relation to space
weather events and the effects on our planet.
The project is an instrumental part of the New Millennium Program to
identify, develop, build and test innovative technologies and
concepts that can be used in future missions.
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/home
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info