George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
STATUS REPORT: ELV-021210
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Spacecraft: Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Pad: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Date: Feb. 11, 2010
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched successfully by the
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Feb. 11 at 10:23:00 a.m.
EST.
Spacecraft: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P)
Launch Vehicle: Delta IV
Launch Pad: Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Date: March 1, 2010
Launch Window: 6:19 - 7:19 p.m. EST
At the Astrotech payload processing facility, the GOES-P satellite is
being prepared for rollout Saturday, weather permitting. It will be
transported to Launch Complex 37 and hoisted atop the Delta IV rocket
on Sunday. An interface verification test to check the connections
between GOES-P and the Delta IV is scheduled to be conducted next
week on Feb. 17.
GOES-P, to be launched for NASA and NOAA, is a United Launch Alliance
commercial launch for Boeing Launch Services under a Federal Aviation
Administration license.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html