July 31, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-073109

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrators Program (STSS-Demo) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-10 Launch Pad: Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Date: Sept 15, 2009 Launch Window: 8 - 9 p m EDT

At Pad 17-B, no significant work is being undertaken to allow the launch team to work on the Air Force Delta II on adjacent Pad 17-A The vehicle will loft into orbit the final Air Force Global Positioning System navigation satellite in the current series on Aug 17

Mission: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401 Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla Launch Timeframe: Dec 4, 2009

On July 27, the SDO spacecraft was moved from a work stand onto a Ransome table This device allows for the spacecraft to be raised, lowered or rotated into various orientations for access to the various spacecraft instruments and subsystems On July 28, the initial charging of the spacecraft flight battery was completed

The SDO full observatory comprehensive performance test still is planned to begin on Aug 10 This will fully test all of the spacecraft science instruments and will be their last major evaluation before launch

Previous status reports are available at:

http://www nasa gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index html

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