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STATUS REPORT : ELV-051107 Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report Mission: Dawn
Location: Astrotech Space Operations Facility
Launch Pad: 17-B
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925-H
Launch Date: NET June 30, 2007
Launch Window: 5:13:15 p.m. - 5:33:15 p.m. EDT

• Mission system performance testing continues and is planned to finish Friday.



• A test of the spacecraft's primary communications antenna is scheduled for May 21.



• The spacecraft solar arrays will be attached and deployed May 21 - 24.



• The spacecraft will be moved to Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility for fueling on May 26.

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

• Spacecraft spin-balance testing is under way.



• The spacecraft will be powered to begin testing on May 14.



• The heat shield will be installed on May 15, and a separation test will then be performed.



• The spacecraft's electrical power system will undergo a final performance test on May 17.



• The flight software will be loaded aboard the spacecraft on May 21.

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

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

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