I have a test class for a trigger that essentally creates a 'test' contract.  Once the contract is activated my trigger copies the pertainate infromation to a custom object.   My test code method is this:

@isTest(SeeAllData=true)
public class CopyContractInfo_Test{
    public static testMethod void testCaseInstrument_A(){
    	List<Case_instrument__c> ciResult;
        Case_Instrument__c ci1 = new Case_instrument__c (case__c = myObjectFactory.insertCase().id,Instrument__c = 'xxxx', Name = '.', Asset__c=myAssetFactory.insertAssetB().id  );
        
        myObjectFactory.insertContract2y(); /* calls my helper class called myObjectFactory */
        
        test.startTest();
        	insert ci1;
        test.stopTest();
     
   /* system assert tests */
     
    }

This is the myObjectFactory helper class. 

  public static Contract insertContract2y(){
        Contract testContract = new Contract();
        testContract.AccountId = myAssetFactory.insertAccount().id;
        testContract.recordTypeId = '0126000000018Z2AAI';
        testContract.Name = 'Case Instrument Contract Test';
        testContract.Location__c = 'the factory';
        testContract.Product__c = insertProduct().id;
        testContract.Contract_Purchase_Price__c = 100.00;
        testContract.Bio_Inst_Serial_Number__c = myAssetFactory.insertAsset().id;
        testContract.StartDate = System.today()+10;
        testContract.ContractTerm = 24;
        testContract.Status = 'Activated'; <---------------------------- error occurs here. 
        testContract.Contract_type__c = '2-year Service Contract'; 
        testContract.Free_ChamberMaintenance_Allowed__c = 0;
        testContract.Free_Calibration_s_Allowed__c = 1;
        testContract.Customer_Visit_Allowed__c = 0;
        insert testContract;
        return testContract;
    }

  I tried to change the status to activated on the contract object, but here is what comes back:  System.DmlException: Insert failed. First exception on row 0; first error: INVALID_STATUS, invalid status: []  If I set the status line to "draft"  everything is happy.  

So how do I "activate a contract" so that this test code will work properly?

Thanks!