August 1, 2005

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-3749)

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468) 

RELEASE: E05-008

NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-008

Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Launch Vehicle: Lockheed 
Martin Atlas V 401 Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), Cape 
Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Date: August 10, 2005 Launch 
Window: 7:54 - 9:39 a.m. EDT 

The MRO spacecraft has been mated with the Atlas V for the last phase 
of launch preparations. This will be the first government civil 
launch of an Atlas V. The launch vehicle will perform an Integrated 
Systems Test (IST) later today to verify electrical compatibility. 
The final stages of the launch campaign begin with the Flight 
Readiness Review on Aug. 4, and the Launch Readiness Review is Aug. 
8. 

Mission:  Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite 
Observation and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat) Launch Vehicle:Boeing 
Delta II 7420 DPAF Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC2), 
Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. Launch Date: September 29, 
2005 

The CloudSat team returns to VAFB later today to begin battery 
reconditioning. The CALIPSO team returns to VAFB August 8 for launch 
processing. 

Previous status reports are available on the Web at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005 

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