Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report - November 6, 2009
- From: baalke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:57 +0000 (UTC)
Nov. 6, 2009
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@xxxxxxxx
STATUS REPORT: ELV-110609
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Dec. 7, 2009
Launch Window: 6:10 - 6:23 a.m. PST
Testing has been conducted successfully on the Tracking & Data Relay
Satellite transmitter that will be used on the rocket. It will relay
vehicle data to the ground during the launch and will be evaluated
for possible use on future Delta II missions from Vandenberg. Second
stage propellant system qualification testing has been completed.
Three days of guidance and control system checks are currently under
way. The Delta II flight simulation is currently scheduled for Nov.
11. The first stage will be loaded with liquid oxygen on Nov. 12 for
leak checks and associated testing.
At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, work
continues to load and then freeze the cryogenic hydrogen. This
activity is approximately 60 percent complete and will continue for
about another week. This will be used to supercool the infrared
telescope during its six months of observations. There then will be
one final week of spacecraft testing before work begins to prepare
WISE to move to the launch pad for integration with the Delta II.
Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: Feb. 3, 2010
Launch Window: 10:53 - 11:53 a.m. EST
Prelaunch testing is nearing completion that leads to the milestone of
fueling the spacecraft in early January. As an outcome of electrical
testing, the SDO test team currently is doing analysis of the
spacecraft grounding system.
The Atlas rocket first-stage booster arrived by air at Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station on Oct. 26. The Centaur upper stage is now
scheduled to arrive in the late afternoon or early evening on Nov 16
and be offloaded the following morning on Nov. 17.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html
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