Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report - February 26, 2010
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George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
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STATUS REPORT: ELV-022610
EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT
Spacecraft: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-P)
Launch Vehicle: Delta IV
Launch Pad: Complex 37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch Date: March 2, 2010
Launch Window: 6:19 - 7:19 p.m. EST
The Flight Readiness Review for the launch of the Delta IV rocket with
GOES-P was held on Feb. 25. The last evaluation, the Launch Readiness
Review, will be held on March 1.
At Launch Complex 37, closeouts of the Delta IV and GOES-P are
beginning. A launch countdown mission dress rehearsal was
successfully completed Friday.
On launch day, the mobile service tower will be retracted away from
the Delta IV at 7:30 a.m. The terminal countdown will begin when the
countdown clock emerges from a planned built-in hold at 1 p.m.
GOES-P will be launched into orbit for NASA and NOAA by Boeing Launch
Services aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket under an FAA
license.
Previous status reports are available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html
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