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Calipso package pre-launch August, 2005.
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NASA via BBSNews - 2006-08-04 -- At Launch Complex 17, the second stage of the Boeing Delta II was de-stacked on Tuesday and taken to the nearby High-Pressure Test Facility. The planned precautionary leak test has been completed. No leak was observed. The second stage will be returned to the launch pad on Saturday and mated again with the Delta first stage.
- Mission: STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory)
- Launch Pad: 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Launch Vehicle: Boeing Delta II
- Launch Date: Aug. 31, 2006
- Launch Time: 3:12:24 or 4:20:28 p.m. EDT
In the Hazardous Processing Facility clean room, the two STEREO observatories are scheduled to be stacked on Aug. 9 in preparation for spin test activities. These are planned to begin on Aug. 11. The integrated STEREO payload will then be mated to the upper stage booster on Aug. 16 and transported to Pad 17-B on Aug. 19 for integration with the Delta II.
Previous expendable launch vehicle processing status reports are available online. visit: