Date: May 3rd 2008

May 2, 2008

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-050208

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) Location: Astrotech payload processing facility Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: TBD (under assessment) Launch Window: 11:45 a m - 1:40 p m EDT

At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a cryogenic test of the Delta II first stage is scheduled for May 7 This test includes a countdown and the loading aboard of liquid oxygen as a leak check of the first stage The following day a Simulated Flight Test will be performed exercising the onboard vehicle systems of the Delta II from liftoff through spacecraft separation NASA managers are working to resolve an issue with flight ordnance that they consider could affect mission success

At Astrotech, a final cleaning of the GLAST spacecraft and the associated black light inspection have been completed Preparations have begun to move the spacecraft to the hazardous processing facility on Sunday Fueling operations are scheduled for next week

Mission: OSTM/Jason-2 Location: Astrotech payload processing facility, Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Vehicle: Delta II Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Date: June 15, 2008 Launch Window: 1:47 - 1:56 a m PDT

An air cargo plane delivered the OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft from Europe to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on April 29 It was taken to the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg to begin processing The shipping container was then opened, and the spacecraft was transferred to a work stand Spacecraft checkout begins on May 6

At Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II first stage was placed into the pad launcher on April 25 The three solid rocket boosters were mated to the Delta II on May 1 The second stage is being hoisted atop the first stage Friday

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2008

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