[meteorite-list] Dawn/Phoenix Update - June 18, 2007

[Ron Baalke]

06.18.07

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468

STATUS REPORT: ELV-061807

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Dawn 
Location: Astrotech Space Operations Facility 
Launch Pad: 17-B 
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925-H 
Launch Date: July 7, 2007 
Launch Time: 4:09:31 - 4:36:22 p.m. EDT 

Over the weekend, Dutch Space personnel completed the solar array 
repair on Dawn as planned and spacecraft processing continues on 
schedule.

Dawn will be mated to its associated upper-stage booster on Thursday 
and transported to Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for 
mating to the Delta II on June 27.

At Pad 17-B, the Delta II second stage was hoisted atop the first 
stage on June 15. 


Mission: Phoenix 
Location: Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility 
Launch Pad: 17-A 
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925 
Launch Date: Aug. 3, 2007 
Launch Time: 5:35:18 a.m. EDT 

Installation of the parachute and associated mortar and ordnance is 
under way.

A deployment of the solar array on the cruise stage is planned for 
Wednesday and a solar array lighting test is scheduled for Friday.

The first stage of the Delta II was hoisted into the launcher today at 
Pad 17-A. Attachment of the nine solid rocket boosters to the first 
stage will be performed Tuesday through Thursday.

Hoisting of the Delta II second stage atop the first stage is 
scheduled for June 26. 


Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2007 

	
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