NASA Spacecraft and Expendable Launch Vehicles Status Report 2 November

Mission: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations and CloudSat Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta 7420 with Dual
Payload Attach Fitting

Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: TBD
Launch Window: 5:01 a.m. EST

The satellites are installed within the Dual Payload Attach Fitting at
the Astrotech payload processing facilities. When Boeing labor
contract issues are resolved, the payload combination will be placed
in an environmentally-controlled canister and installed on the
payload transporter for the trip to the launch pad.

Delta II preparations at Launch Complex 2 have gone according to
schedule. Work is on hold until the payloads arrive at the pad for
installation on top of the second stage. NASA, Boeing and the Air
Force are addressing the problem encountered while testing batteries
used for the flight termination system of the Delta II.

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. 11, 2006
Launch Window: 2:07 to 4:07 p.m. EST

The spacecraft is undergoing autonomy testing this week to determine
whether it can function without having contact with Earth. Final
thermal blanket installation will be completed this week. Hurricane
Wilma caused some minor damage to the solid rocket booster that was
attached to the Atlas V. As a precaution the booster is being
replaced. Attachment of the remaining four solid rocket boosters
resumes later this week. Previous status reports are available on the
Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2005