From Newsgroup: sci.space.news

May 5, 2011

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-050511

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Spacecraft: Aquarius
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7320
Launch Site:  Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Pad:  Space Launch Complex 2
Launch Date:  June 9, 2011
Launch Window: 7:20:13 - 7:25:13 a.m. PDT
Altitude/Inclination: 408.2 statute miles/98 degrees 

At Vandenberg Air Force Base, the solar array for the Aquarius/SAC-D 
spacecraft was installed on April 28, and a deployment test was 
successfully conducted on April 29. Loading the spacecraft with its 
attitude control propellant is scheduled for May 10. 

At NASA's Space Launch Complex 2, the Delta II first stage will be 
loaded with liquid oxygen and a countdown test conducted on May 11. 
This will be followed on May 12 with a Simulated Flight test. This is 
an electrical and mechanical test of the launch vehicle's systems 
that will be exercised in the same sequence as they will operate 
during the actual powered flight.

The Aquarius/SAC-D mission is a collaboration between NASA and 
Argentina's space agency with participation by Brazil, Canada, France 
and Italy. NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center 
in Florida is managing the launch. United Launch Alliance of Denver, 
Colo., is NASA's launch service provider of the Delta II 7320. 


Spacecraft: Juno
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 551
Launch Site:  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad:  Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Date:  Aug. 5, 2011
Launch Time: 11:40 a.m. EDT 

The Plasma Waves Instrument (WAVES) has been installed, and a 
deployment test successfully was conducted on May 1. Communications 
system end-to-end testing with the Deep Space Network and its 
associated tracking stations was completed this week. The work to 
install the three solar arrays and the associated magnetometer boom 
will begin on May 18.

The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times 
to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere 
and magnetosphere. 


Spacecraft: GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory)
Launch Vehicle: Delta II Heavy
Launch Site:  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad:  Space Launch Complex 17B
Launch Date:  Sept. 8, 2011
Launch Time: 8:37:06 a.m. EDT and 9:16:12 a.m. EDT 

At NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B, the final set of three solid 
rocket boosters was mated to the Delta II this week. All nine of the 
boosters now are attached to the first stage of the rocket. The 
second stage currently is scheduled to be hoisted atop the first 
stage on May 10. The payload fairing then will be raised into the 
white room of the mobile service tower on May 12. The launch vehicle 
electrical, mechanical and propulsion system testing will begin on 
May 20. 

GRAIL's primary science objectives will be to determine the structure 
of the lunar interior, from crust to core, and to advance 
understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon. 

Previous status reports are available at:

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