Date: October 14th 2006

10 13 06

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-101306

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: Oct 25, 2006 Launch Time: 8:38 - 8:53 p m EDT

STEREO is at Pad 17-B atop the Boeing Delta II rocket The spacecraft was moved from Astrotech to the launch pad on Oct 11 as scheduled Functional testing of the twin observatories is under way A compatibility test with the Deep Space Network is also scheduled for today

The Delta II Flight Program Verification, a complete integrated electrical and mechanical test with STEREO and the rocket, is scheduled for Oct 16 This involves a launch countdown (minus count) and the launch vehicle flight events (plus count) The spacecraft is scheduled to be encapsulated in the fairing on Oct 19

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

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

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