March 24, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-032409

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: 37-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: No earlier than April 28, 2009 Launch Time: 6:24 - 7:24 p m EDT

Preparations to prepare the GOES-O weather satellite for launch are going well and are on schedule Closeouts of the imager, sounder and spacecraft optics were finished last week as planned The star tracker light shades were also installed and the lenses cleaned

The spacecraft was placed on a special stand on Sunday for fueling preparations The loading of hydrazine currently is scheduled for March 30 Mating GOES-O to the Delta IV payload attach fitting is planned for April 3 and will be followed by encapsulation into the fairing on April 6 The move to Launch Complex 37 for mating to the Delta IV is scheduled for April 14

At Launch Complex 37, checkout of the Delta IV and associated prelaunch preparations are also running on schedule The "wet dress rehearsal," a countdown dress rehearsal with the rocket fully fueled, is currently planned to occur on April 8

Boeing Satellite System built the GOES-O spacecraft with the launch service being provided to Boeing by United Launch Alliance 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: May 21, 2009 Launch Time: 5:32 - 6:32 p m EDT

NASA now is targeting May 21 for the launch of LRO/LCROSS instead of May 20 to optimize mission science

Last week, the LRO spacecraft team successfully completed tests of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and performed a Mini-Radio Frequency Comprehensive Performance Test A black light cleanliness inspection also was done

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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