November 16, 2005

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

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

STATUS REPORT: E05-018

NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-018

Mission:  Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite 
Observations & CloudSat 
Launch Vehicle:  Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting
Launch Pad:  NASA's Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, 
Calif.
Launch Date:  TBD
Launch Window:  5:01 a.m. EST

CALIPSO and CloudSat are installed within the Dual Payload Attach 
Fitting at the Astrotech payload processing facilities. The payload 
combination will be placed in an environmentally-controlled canister 
and installed on the payload transporter for the trip to the launch 
pad. Delta II preparations at Complex 2 are on hold until the 
payloads arrive for installation on the second stage. Preparations 
can resume when the Boeing technicians' strike is resolved.

Mission:  New Horizons
Launch Vehicle:  Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 (AV-010)
Launch Pad:  Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date:  Jan. 11, 2006
Launch Window:  2:08 to 4:07 p.m. EST

The bottom portion of the payload fairing was installed this week on 
the Atlas V. A Launch Vehicle Readiness Review was successfully 
completed Tuesday. The fit check of the Radioisotope Thermo-electric 
Generator power system with the spacecraft was performed last week. 
The generator will be installed for flight at the launch pad. A “dry” 
spin balance test of the spacecraft will be completed this week. 
After Thanksgiving, hydrazine fuel for attitude control and 
course-correction maneuvers will be loaded on the spacecraft and a 
“wet” spin balance test performed.

For prior status reports on the Web, visit: 

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

	
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