09.15.05 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-3749) George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) STATUS REPORT: ELV-091505 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT MISSION: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar & Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation/CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting (DPAF) LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 2 LAUNCH SITE: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California LAUNCH DATE: NET Oct. 26, 2005 LAUNCH WINDOW: 6:01 a.m. EDT â?¢ Due to Range schedule conflicts, launch of CALIPSO/CloudSat is tentatively scheduled for no earlier than Oct. 26, pending approval of the Western Range. â?¢ CALIPSO/CloudSat processing activities are complete. Battery charging will continue until both spacecraft are transported to the launch pad in early October. â?¢ The Delta II preparations at NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 are complete, and the launch vehicle is awaiting arrival of the CALIPSO/CloudSat payloads for installation atop the second stage. 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- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
