[meteorite-list] Dawn Update - April 27, 2007

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:17:23 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <200704280017.l3S0HNY22463_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

04.27.07

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468

STATUS REPORT: ELV-042707

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

Mission: Dawn
Launch Pad: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7925-H
Launch Date: Targeted for June 30, 2007
Launch Time: 15:13:15 p.m. EDT

The "command and data handling" portion of the Comprehensive
Performance Test was completed on April 19. Additional comprehensive
performance tests are in progress. Thermal control system, attitude
control sub-system and fault protection testing continues.

Dawn's mission will mark the first time a spacecraft will orbit two
planetary bodies on a single voyage: asteroid Vesta and the dwarf
planet Ceres. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is managed by NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center and the United
Launch Alliance are responsible for the launch of the Delta II.

Previous status reports are available on the Web at:

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

        
-end-
Received on Fri 27 Apr 2007 08:17:23 PM PDT