11.16.05 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-3749) George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) STATUS REPORT: ELV-111605 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: TBD LAUNCH WINDOW: 5:01 a.m. EST (2:01 a.m. PST) CALIPSO and CloudSat are installed within the Dual Payload Attach Fitting at the Astrotech payload processing facilities. The payload combination will be placed in an environmentally-controlled canister and installed on the payload transporter for the trip to the launch pad. Delta II preparations at Complex 2 are on hold until the payloads arrive for installation on the second stage. Preparations can resume when the Boeing technicians' strike is resolved. MISSION: New Horizons LAUNCH VEHICLE: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 (AV-010) LAUNCH PAD: Complex 41 LAUNCH SITE: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 11, 2006 LAUNCH WINDOW: 2:08 to 4:07 p.m. EST The bottom portion of the payload fairing was installed this week on the Atlas V. A Launch Vehicle Readiness Review was successfully completed Tuesday. The fit check of the Radioisotope Thermo-electric Generator power system with the spacecraft was performed last week. The generator will be installed for flight at the launch pad. A "dry" spin balance test of the spacecraft will be completed this week. After Thanksgiving, hydrazine fuel for attitude control and course-correction maneuvers will be loaded on the spacecraft and a "wet" spin balance test performed. For previous status reports, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005 For information about NASA and agency programs, 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
