Oct. 23, 2009 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov RELEASE: 55-09 AIRSPACE, ROAD, BRIDGE AND WATERWAY CLOSURES FOR ARES I-X Launch Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Launch Vehicle: Ares I-X Launch Pad: 39B Launch Window: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. EDT Targeted Launch Time: 8 a.m. EDT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA AVIATION FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS What: Cape Canaveral Restricted Air Space When: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2010 Where: Restricted Areas R-2932, R-2933, R-2934 over Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station are active at all times. Adjacent Restricted Area R-2935 will not be activated for this launch. Aeronautical Chart in Use: Orlando Class B terminal area and Jacksonville sectional Additional airspace restrictions: Warning Areas W-497A and W-497B over the Atlantic Ocean will be activated three hours prior to launch beginning at 5 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 27, until after a successful launch has occurred. There is no Temporary Flight Restriction for the Ares I-X launch. NOTAM Information: St. Petersburg Flight Service Station Telephone: 1-800-992-7433; Cell phone: 1-866-295-3983 Radio frequencies: 123.6 MHz (Titusville); 122.6 MHz (Melbourne) Radio Communications: FAA Orlando Approach Control Titusville/Cocoa area: 134.950 MHz Melbourne area: 132.650 MHz South Volusia County: 125.350 MHz Space Coast Regional Airport control tower: 118.9 MHz PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD CLOSURES: - The Cape Canaveral National Seashore (Playalinda Beach) will close for launch on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. and will reopen after launch. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge will close on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. and will also reopen after launch. - State Road 406 east to State Road 3, and State Road 3 south from the Haulover Canal bridge to County Road 402 and extending to Titusville will be open to badged personnel only beginning Monday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. until after a successful launch has occurred. - State Road 3 from the Gate 2 News Media Pass and Identification Building to State Road 405 (NASA Causeway) via Space Commerce Way will be closed for launch to unauthorized vehicles beginning at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27. NASA Causeway between the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will also close starting at that time. The roads will reopen two hours after launch. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AREA BOATING RESTRICTIONS ATLANTIC OCEAN: Beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 26 (L-1 day), and continuing through launch, a general exclusion zone will be in effect three miles offshore from the Haulover Canal, on the northern end of Kennedy Space Center, and southward to Port Canaveral. Four hours prior to launch, all ocean-going traffic will be restricted from entering an area measured from nine statute miles north and south of the launch pad and extending 64 nautical miles east into the ocean. An additional three-mile-wide exclusion zone will be extended eastward along the flight path of the rocket. INDIAN RIVER: Restrictions apply from the NASA Causeway north to the Haulover Canal and east of the Indian River's main channel. Restrictions begin Oct. 26 at 8 a.m. MOSQUITO LAGOON: This area south of the Haulover Canal in the Mosquito Lagoon is off limits to all boats four days prior to launch beginning Oct. 26 at 8 a.m. BANANA RIVER: Security limits begin at the Banana River Barge Canal south of Kennedy located immediately above State Road 528 and extends north. The area includes KARS Park on Merritt Island. This restriction is effective beginning Oct. 26 at 8 a.m. All boating restrictions will be lifted approximately one hour after launch. Boating interests should monitor U.S. Coast Guard Radio transmitting on Marine Channel 16 from Port Canaveral. -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
