Jan. 12, 2006

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington 
(202) 358-5241

George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: (321) 867-2468) 

STATUS REPORT: E06-002

NASA EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT: E06-002

MISSION: New Horizons
LAUNCH VEHICLE: Lockheed Martin Atlas V 551 (AV-010)
LAUNCH PAD: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
LAUNCH DATE: Jan. 17, 2006
LAUNCH WINDOW: 1:24 p.m. - 3:23 p.m. EST 



Flight Readiness Review completed today at NASA's Kennedy Space 
Center. 
Spacecraft closeouts conclude tomorrow; payload test team conducts 
spacecraft electrical tests Saturday, and the fairing access doors 
will be closed for flight. 
Rollout of the Atlas V from the Vertical Integration Facility is 
scheduled Monday at 10:30 a.m. EST. The storable propellant tank will 
be loaded onboard the Atlas first stage tank Monday afternoon. 
On Tuesday at 10:39 a.m., Pad 41 will be cleared for cryogenic fueling 
operations scheduled to begin at 11:24 a.m. EST. 

Mission: Space Technology 5 (ST5)
Launch Vehicle: Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL
Launch Date: Feb. 28, 2006
Launch Window: 8:57 a.m. – 10:19 a.m. EST



Mating of the Pegasus second and third stage is tentatively scheduled 
for tomorrow; mating of the first and second stage is planned for 
Monday. 
Pegasus Flight Simulation No. 2 is scheduled for Jan. 25 - 26. Flight 
Simulation No. 1 was successfully completed last week. 
ST5 thermal blanket closeouts completed today. A limited spacecraft 
functional test is scheduled tomorrow, and the payload will be 
weighed. 

Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite 
Observation and CloudSat (CALIPSO/CloudSat)
Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual Payload Attach Fitting
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: No Earlier Than February 2006
Launch Window: TBD 

CALIPSO and CloudSat are installed in the Dual Payload Attach Fitting 
at the Astrotech payload processing facilities on north Vandenberg. 
They will remain there until a launch date is determined and they are 
prepared for transporting to the launch complex. Spacecraft battery 
charging is being performed as necessary. 
Further Delta II preparations at the launch pad are on hold until the 
CALIPSO/CloudSat payloads arrive for installation atop the second 
stage. 
Previous status reports are available on the Web at: 


http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005

	
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