[FPSPACE] FW: Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

[LARRY KLAES]

> From: ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov
> To: ksc at newsletters.nasa.gov
> Date: 
> Subject: Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report
> 
> March 24, 2009
> 
> George H. Diller
> Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
> 321-867-2468
> george.h.diller at nasa.gov
> 
> STATUS REPORT: ELV-032409
> 
> EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
> 
> Mission: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) 
> Launch Vehicle: Delta IV 
> Launch Pad: 37-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 
> Launch Date: No earlier than April 28, 2009 
> Launch Time: 6:24 - 7:24 p.m. EDT 
> 
> Preparations to prepare the GOES-O weather satellite for launch are 
> going well and are on schedule. Closeouts of the imager, sounder and 
> spacecraft optics were finished last week as planned. The star 
> tracker light shades were also installed and the lenses cleaned.
> 
> The spacecraft was placed on a special stand on Sunday for fueling 
> preparations. The loading of hydrazine currently is scheduled for 
> March 30. Mating GOES-O to the Delta IV payload attach fitting is 
> planned for April 3 and will be followed by encapsulation into the 
> fairing on April 6. The move to Launch Complex 37 for mating to the 
> Delta IV is scheduled for April 14.
> 
> At Launch Complex 37, checkout of the Delta IV and associated 
> prelaunch preparations are also running on schedule. The "wet dress 
> rehearsal," a countdown dress rehearsal with the rocket fully fueled, 
> is currently planned to occur on April 8.
> 
> Boeing Satellite System built the GOES-O spacecraft with the launch 
> service being provided to Boeing by United Launch Alliance. The NASA 
> Launch Services Program at Kennedy is supporting the launch in an 
> advisory role. NASA spacecraft project management for GOES-O is the 
> responsibility of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. After launch, 
> once Boeing and NASA have completed on-orbit checkout and the 
> spacecraft is operational, it will be turned over to NOAA. 
> 
> 
> 
> Mission: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and 
> Sensing Satellite (LRO/LCROSS) 
> Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 
> Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 
> Launch Date: May 21, 2009 
> Launch Time: 5:32 - 6:32 p.m. EDT 
> 
> NASA now is targeting May 21 for the launch of LRO/LCROSS instead of 
> May 20 to optimize mission science. 
> 
> Last week, the LRO spacecraft team successfully completed tests of the 
> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and performed a Mini-Radio 
> Frequency Comprehensive Performance Test. A black light cleanliness 
> inspection also was done. 
> 
> 
> 
> Previous status reports are available at:
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html 
> 
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