Date: August 19th 2006

08 18 06

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-081806

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 - 3:14:24 and 4:20:28 - 4:35:28 p m EDT

After leak checks of the Delta II first stage, engineers decided to remove and replace the liquid oxygen fill and drain valve at Launch Complex 17 That work is being completed today without impact to the launch date Also, preparations are under way at the pad for the arrival of the STEREO payload

In the Astrotech Hazardous Processing Facility clean room, the STEREO spacecraft was mated to the upper stage booster on Wednesday Today the integrated payload is being installed into its transportation canister On Saturday morning, STEREO will be moved to the launch pad for hoisting atop the Delta II

For previous expendable launch vehicle processing status reports, visit:

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

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters nasa gov

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: BULK_EMAIL

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

http://www aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/[list]/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

http://www aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/list/[list]

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: