Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

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May 8, 2009

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov

STATUS REPORT: ELV-050809

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) 
Launch Vehicle: Delta IV 
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 
Launch Date: No earlier than June 2009 
Launch Window: TBD 

The GOES-O launch aboard a Delta IV rocket from Space Launch Complex 
37 currently is scheduled for no earlier than June 26. Recent 
production lot testing of the linear shape charge system indicated 
the need to incorporate minor design changes to assure their 
reliability. The linear shape charge is a component of the Range 
Safety command destruct system. There are three linear shape charges 
on this Delta IV which will require a modification. Schedules are 
being developed for the qualification and implementation of the 
design modification.

At the Astrotech Space Operations Facility, the GOES-O spacecraft is 
enclosed in the payload fairing. The spacecraft remains in excellent 
health and is ready to be moved to the launch pad once a launch date 
has been determined.

NASA has contracted with Boeing to build and launch the GOES-O 
spacecraft. The NASA Launch Services Program at Kennedy is supporting 
the launch in an advisory role. NASA spacecraft project management 
for GOES-O is the responsibility of NASA's Goddard Space Flight 
Center. After launch, once Boeing and NASA have completed on-orbit 
checkout and the spacecraft is operational, it will be turned over to 
NOAA. 



Mission: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and 
Sensing Satellite (LRO/LCROSS) 
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 
Launch Date: No earlier than June 2, 2009 
Launch Window: TBD 

Tuesday, the LRO and Kennedy Space Center Boeing fueling team 
configured the fueling ground support equipment for propellant 
loading. The LCROSS team moved the battery simulator to the Atlas V 
payload van.

On May 2, the LRO team performed a pressurization test, a leak test 
and a latch valve leak test.

The Atlas V booster stage was moved from the hangar at the Atlas Space 
Operations Facility to the Vertical Integration Facility near the 
launch pad on April 27. The Centaur was moved on April 29 and hoisted 
atop the Atlas.

The LCROSS spacecraft was fueled on April 25. LRO fuel loading was 
completed on May 5.

The three solar arrays were attached to LRO on April 19. Spacecraft 
testing during the week of April 20 included a circuit check of the 
solar arrays, a course sun sensor functional test, and phase testing 
of the attitude control system. 



Previous status reports are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html 
 

	
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