02.10.06 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington Phone: (202) 358-5241 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Phone: (321) 867-2468 STATUS REPORT: ELV-021006 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: 5:57:21 a.m. - 7:19:21 a.m. PST TARGETED DROP TIME: 6:02 a.m. PST Flight Simulation No. 4, an integrated test with the ST5 spacecraft and the Pegasus rocket, completed Wednesday. The flight termination system, avionics batteries and ST5 logo installed. Final functional testing and spacecraft closeouts scheduled this weekend. The three-day operation to install the Pegasus vehicle fairing around the ST5 starts Tuesday. Pegasus will be mated to its transporter on Feb. 20 and moved to Vandenberg's runway for mating to the Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier jet aircraft on Feb. 24. 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: No earlier than April LAUNCH WINDOW: When determined, Delta II preparations will resume and payloads transported to the pad for installation. For previous status reports on the Web, visit: 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
