Aug 31, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-083109

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

The Delta II was powered on last week for state of health checks and associated testing Configuring the pad for launch also is under way

The STSS Demo payload arrived at the launch pad for hoisting atop the Delta II on Aug 27 Spacecraft ground support equipment also arrived at the pad this week

Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: No Earlier Than Dec 4, 2009

A verification test of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager was successfully performed last week The three primary science instruments were powered up for a Ka-band data flow checkout, and closeouts are in work The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly high output paraffin actuator door deployment test was completed on Aug 25

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

At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, WISE has been transferred to a work stand to begin processing for launch Battery conditioning, spacecraft cleaning and post-ship functional testing were completed on Aug 25 The spacecraft functional testing began on Aug 24 and is expected to be complete in approximately seven days

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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