Feb. 12, 2010 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-021210 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: Feb. 11, 2010 NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched successfully by the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Feb. 11 at 10:23:00 a.m. EST. Spacecraft: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: March 1, 2010 Launch Window: 6:19 - 7:19 p.m. EST At the Astrotech payload processing facility, the GOES-P satellite is being prepared for rollout Saturday, weather permitting. It will be transported to Launch Complex 37 and hoisted atop the Delta IV rocket on Sunday. An interface verification test to check the connections between GOES-P and the Delta IV is scheduled to be conducted next week on Feb. 17. GOES-P, to be launched for NASA and NOAA, is a United Launch Alliance commercial launch for Boeing Launch Services under a Federal Aviation Administration license. Previous status reports are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html -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
