[meteorite-list] Dawn Update - September 14, 2007

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2007/elvstatus-20070914.html

09.14.07

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

STATUS REPORT: ELV-091407

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Dawn 
Location: Launch Pad 17-B 
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925-H 
Launch Date: Sept. 26, 2007 
Launch Window: 7:25 - 7:54 a.m. EDT 

On Tuesday, the Dawn spacecraft arrived at Pad 17-B at 5:10 a.m. after 
an overnight rollout from the Astrotech payload processing facility. 
At 8:01 a.m., Dawn was officially declared secure atop the Delta II 
rocket. Technicians successfully conducted spacecraft state-of-health 
checks on Wednesday.

The launch team completed the flight program verification on Thursday 
without issues. This integrated launch readiness electrical test 
ensures the Dawn spacecraft and Delta II rocket are working together 
in unison.

Installation of the payload fairing around the spacecraft is scheduled 
for Sept. 19. 

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

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

	
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