April 18, 2008 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-041808 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) Location: Astrotech payload processing facility Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: TBD (under assessment) At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II second stage is planned to be hoisted atop the first stage on Monday. This week, work to complete the manufacturing, testing and evaluation of the new H-beam associated with the lifting of the second stage was completed. Meanwhile, at the Astrotech payload processing facility, the GLAST Ku-band communications antenna was installed on Tuesday. Testing will begin on Sunday. End-to-end communications system testing is also scheduled for this weekend. Closeouts of the spacecraft thermal blankets continue. The star tracker sun shade installation is currently planned for next Wednesday. Previous status reports are available on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2008 -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
