Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report

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

Oct. 30, 2009

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-103009

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Spacecraft: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Pad:  SLC-2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Dec. 7, 2009 
Launch Window: 6:10 â?? 6:23 a.m. PST

Build-up of the Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex 2 was 
completed last week as planned. Testing was conducted this week on 
the Tracking & Data Relay Satellite transmitter that will be tested 
on this Delta II for possible use on future missions. 

At the Astrotech payload processing facility on north Vandenberg, work 
has been completed to test the spacecraftâ??s sensors at cryogenic 
temperatures. Work is now under way to load and then freeze the 
cryogenic hydrogen. This will be used to supercool the infrared 
telescope during its six months of observations. This work requires 
approximately two weeks and will be followed by one final week of 
spacecraft testing.

Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date:  Feb. 3, 2010
Launch Window: 10:53 â?? 11:53 a.m. EST

A light test of the solar array was conducted Oct. 29. Work to install 
spacecraft pyrotechnics is under way today.

The Atlas rocket first-stage booster arrived by air at Cape Canaveral 
Air Force Station on Oct. 26. The Centaur upper stage will arrive 
next week.

Previous status reports are available at:

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

	
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