Date: June 24th 2009

June 23, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-062309

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

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: June 18, 2009

At Complex 41 on June 18, LRO/LCROSS was launched successfully by the Atlas V rocket Liftoff was at 5:32:00 1 p m EDT LRO separated from LCROSS as planned 46 minutes after liftoff The Centaur upper stage was turned over to LCROSS for mission operations slightly under four hours after launch at approximately 9:05 p m EDT

Mission: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-O) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: Launch Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: June 26, 2009 Launch Window: 6:14 - 7:14 p m EDT

Atop the Delta IV rocket at Launch Complex 37, GOES-O spacecraft closeouts for launch now are occurring Final spacecraft battery charging is under way and should be complete Wednesday A launch countdown dress rehearsal was performed Monday

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

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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