Date: January 5th 2007

01 05 07

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-010507

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms) Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II Launch Date: Feb 15, 2007 Launch Time: 6:07:37 - 6:26:37 p m EST

At the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center, fueling of the THEMIS spacecraft is under way this week The probes will be installed onto the payload carrier Jan 9 to 11 Spin-balance testing will follow Jan 15 and 16 Mating to the upper stage booster is scheduled for Jan 26 THEMIS will go to Pad 17-B for mating with the Delta II on Feb 2

At Pad 17-B, the first stage of the Delta II rocket is scheduled to be installed into the launcher on Saturday The nine solid rocket boosters will be placed around the base of the first stage and attached in sets of three between Jan 8 to 13 The second stage will be hoisted atop the first stage on Jan 16 The following day, the payload fairing will be lifted inside the clean-room facility located within the mobile service tower

There are no significant issues or concerns at this time

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

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

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