01.27.06 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington Phone: (202) 358-5241 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Phone: (321) 867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-012706 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT MISSION: Space Technology 5 (ST5) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL LAUNCH SITE: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 28, 2006 LAUNCH WINDOW: 8:57 a.m. - 10:19 a.m. EST In the Orbital Sciences hangar, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., mating the three Pegasus XL stages completed. ST5 testing and checkout complete. Spacecraft scheduled for mating with Pegasus on Feb. 6. Pegasus Flight Simulation No. 2, yesterday. MISSION: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar & Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation/CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat) LAUNCH VEHICLE: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting LAUNCH PAD: Space Launch Complex 2 LAUNCH SITE: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California LAUNCH DATE: TBD LAUNCH WINDOW: TBD Satellites installed in the Dual Payload Attach Fitting at the Astrotech payload processing facilities. They will remain there until launch date selected. Spacecraft battery charging performed as necessary. Previous status reports are available on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2006 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
