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April 11, 2008
George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov
STATUS REPORT: ELV-041108
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Mission: GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope)
Location: Astrotech payload processing facility Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920-H
Launch Pad: 17-B Launch Date: May 16, 2008 Launch Window: 11:45 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.
EDT
At Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II first stage and
nine solid rocket boosters have been erected. During preparations to hoist the
second stage atop the first stage, an incident occurred which caused an adapter
beam associated with the lifting operation to fracture. As a result, the
stacking operation was immediately stopped. A team has been appointed to
investigate the incident. Once the team has concluded its investigation and is
able to determine there was no damage to the second stage, a new date for
stacking will be set, possibly as early as next week.
Meanwhile, at the Astrotech payload processing facility, the GLAST spacecraft's
solar array illumination test has been completed. The Ku-band communications
transmitter was installed as scheduled.
Closeouts of the spacecraft thermal blankets are under way. The Ku-band
communications antenna will be installed early next week. At this time,
preparations continue for delivery of GLAST to the launch pad on May 2.
Previous status reports are available on the Web at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2008
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