April 14, 2011

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-041411

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Spacecraft: Aquarius Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 Launch Date: June 9, 2011 Launch Window: 7:20:13 - 7:25:13 a m PDT Altitude/Inclination: 408 miles/98 degrees

At Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is undergoing Limited Performance Tests including the SAC-D service platform, the Aquarius science instrument, and the SAC-D instruments

At NASA's Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II second-stage propulsion system qualification testing is under way First-stage propulsion system qualification testing is scheduled for next week

The Aquarius/SAC-D mission is a collaboration between NASA and Argentina's space agency with participation by Brazil, Canada, France and Italy NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is managing the launch United Launch Alliance of Denver, Colo , is NASA's launch service provider of the Delta II 7320

Spacecraft: Juno Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 551 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Pad: Complex 41 Launch Date: Aug 5, 2011 Launch Time: 11:40 a m EDT

The Juno spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane at 7:55 p m on April 8

The spacecraft had been shipped from Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver It was offloaded from the aircraft and taken to the Astrotech payload processing facility located near Kennedy Space Center On April 9, it was moved inside the processing high bay, the lid to the shipping container was lifted from over the spacecraft, and the protective wrap surrounding it was removed

On April 11, Juno was lifted onto a rotation and test fixture and rotated from the vertical to horizontal configuration so that electrical testing could begin Initial testing now is under way Antenna installations, including the high gain antenna, begin April 20

The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere

Previous status reports are available at:

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

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