Aug 17, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-081709

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators Program (STSS-Demo) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-10 Launch Pad: Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: Sept 15, 2009 Launch Window: 8 - 9 p m EDT

At Pad 17-B, work has been on hold while the launch team focused on an Air Force Delta II on adjacent Pad 17-A The vehicle launched at 6:35 a m EDT with the final Air Force Global Positioning System navigation satellite in the current GPS IIR series This week the launch team will begin processing for STSS-Demo

Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: Dec 4, 2009

The SDO full observatory comprehensive performance test has been conducted to fully test all of the spacecraft science instruments The test is the last major evaluation before launch

The Ka-band RF downlink checkouts are complete The instrument module has been cleaned, and a visual inspection for the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment was performed

Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Pad: SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif Launch Date: Dec 10, 2009 (tentative)

Ground support equipment for the WISE spacecraft arrived at Vandenberg on Aug 10 and will be processed in the Astrotech payload processing facility located on north Vandenberg WISE arrived on Aug 14 and was offloaded and lifted out of its transportation canister on Saturday

This week, the spacecraft is scheduled to be transferred to a work stand to begin processing for launch

WISE will survey the entire sky in the mid-infrared with far greater sensitivity than any previous mission ever has The WISE survey will capture over a million images, from which hundreds of millions of astronomical objects will be catalogued, providing a vast storehouse of knowledge about the Solar System, the Milky Way, and the Universe

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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