Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

03.17.06

Joe Pally
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-7239

George H. Diller
NASA Resident Office
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
(805) 605-3051

STATUS REPORT: ELV-031706

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Space Technology 5 (ST5) 
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 
Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL 
Launch Date: No earlier than March 22, 2006 
Launch Window: 8:57:31 to 10:19:50 a.m. EST 
Targeted Drop Time: 9:02 a.m. EST 

The weather outlook is generally favorable for a launch attempt on 
March 22. Testing and troubleshooting on the Pegasus rocket by the 
NASA and Orbital Sciences engineering team is under way. It is 
undetermined why the starboard flight control surface fin pin did not 
retract during the March 15 launch attempt. 

The Pegasus fin batteries have been removed and replaced in accordance 
with standard procedure following a launch attempt. They had been 
activated for the pre-deployment fin sweep tests during the terminal 
countdown sequence.

A Launch Readiness Review is scheduled for Monday, March 20. 

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2006

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