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George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468

STATUS REPORT: ELV-080406

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: Aug 31, 2006 Launch Time: 3:12:24 or 4:20:28 p m EDT

At Launch Complex 17, the second stage of the Boeing Delta II was de-stacked on Tuesday and taken to the nearby High-Pressure Test Facility The planned precautionary leak test has been completed No leak was observed The second stage will be returned to the launch pad on Saturday and mated again with the Delta first stage

In the Hazardous Processing Facility clean room, the two STEREO observatories are scheduled to be stacked on Aug 9 in preparation for spin test activities These are planned to begin on Aug 11 The integrated STEREO payload will then be mated to the upper stage booster on Aug 16 and transported to Pad 17-B on Aug 19 for integration with the Delta II

For previous expendable launch vehicle processing status reports, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2006

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