[FPSPACE] FW: Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>To: KSC News Center <ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov>
>Subject: Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
>Date: Fri Mar 14 09:45:02 CDT 2008
>
>March 14, 2008
>
>George H. Diller
>Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
>321-867-2468
>George.H.Diller at nasa.gov
>
>STATUS REPORT: ELV-031408
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>EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
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>Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope)
>Location: Astrotech payload processing facility
>Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H
>Launch Pad: 17-B
>Launch Date: May 16, 2008
>Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. EDT
>
>Prelaunch preparations are under way on GLAST after the spacecraft's
>arrival in Florida on March 4. The flight battery has been installed.
>The "observatory comprehensive performance tests" are now under way.
>Testing of the various spacecraft systems is occurring this week,
>including S-band communications, control and data handling systems,
>the propulsions system and the spacecraft's computers. Instrument
>testing is scheduled to begin this weekend. Late next week, the two
>sets of solar arrays are scheduled to be installed.
>
>At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, buildup of the Delta
>II rocket is currently scheduled to begin the week of March 24 with
>the hoisting of the first stage. Work to attach the nine strap-on
>solid rocket boosters will follow. Stacking of the second stage is
>currently planned for the first week of April.
>
>Previous status reports are available on the Web at:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2008
>
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