October 31, 2005

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

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

STATUS REPORT: E05-015

NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E05-015

Mission:  Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite 
Observations and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat) 
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting 
Launch Pad: 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. They continue to undergo spacecraft battery charging. The 
processing team is maintaining the spacecraft safely inside the 
payload facility at Vandenberg. NASA, Boeing and the Air Force are 
addressing the problem encountered while testing batteries used for 
the flight termination system of the Delta II.

Boeing launch site technicians recently rejected a proposed new 
contract. Launch preparations are on hold pending resolution of the 
negotiations between Boeing and the union representing the 
technicians.

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: 2:07 to 4:07 p.m. EST

On Oct. 24, Hurricane Wilma damaged the specially-built fabric 
MegaDoor which covers the large opening of the Atlas V Vertical 
Integration Facility. The Atlas 5 rocket and some ground support 
equipment were slightly damaged. There were no injuries. NASA and 
Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians are assessing the damage 
and the recovery process, including door repair options, to confirm 
the continued ability to support the launch.

The spacecraft was returned to a work stand Inside the Payload 
Hazardous Servicing Facility. It was removed from the protective 
shipping container, where it had been placed before the hurricane. 
The spacecraft's outside surfaces are being cleaned. 

Previous status reports are available on the Web at: 

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

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