Jan 22, 2010

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-012210

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: Feb 9, 2010 Launch Window: 10:30 - 11:30 a m EST

At Launch Complex 41, integrated testing of the Atlas and Centaur stages of the Atlas V is continuing On the morning of Jan 20, the launch vehicle was transported from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad in preparation for the wet countdown dress rehearsal The test began during the afternoon and came to a successful conclusion at 6:50 p m This was a full launch vehicle countdown test exercise with the entire launch team participating The rocket was fully fueled with liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, and RP-1 The payload does not participate in this test

At the Astrotech payload processing facility, spacecraft fueling operations are finished Oxidizer was loaded into the spacecraft on Jan 5, and fuel was loaded aboard Jan 8 The Atlas V fairing was installed around the SDO spacecraft on Jan 21 It is currently scheduled to be transported to Launch Complex 41 for hoisting atop the Atlas V on Jan 26

Spacecraft: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P) Launch Vehicle: Delta IV Launch Pad: Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: March 1, 2010 Launch Window: 6:19 - 7:19 p m EST

GOES-P processing is going well Spacecraft electrical performance testing is complete Cleaning and inspection of the instruments are finished GOES-P was moved to the fueling stand on Jan 18

The satellite currently is planned to be fueled next week with the propellant necessary for orbit maneuvers and the attitude control system Once this is completed, the spacecraft will be encapsulated in the Delta IV payload fairing in preparation for transport to the launch pad

On Jan 12, the Delta IV rocket was transported to the launch pad It was installed into the launcher on Jan 13 The first of two solid rocket boosters was attached on Jan 14, and the second booster the following day on Jan 15 The wet countdown dress rehearsal with the rocket fully fueled is currently scheduled to be conducted on Feb 8

GOES-P, to be launched for NASA and NOAA, is a United Launch Alliance commercial launch for Boeing Launch Services under a Federal Aviation Administration license

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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