Blogger Update 11:20 P.M.: The Delta 2 rocket is about to ignite its second stage for the second time in a planned firing that is designed to lead to the deployment of its Italian payload.Click here to launch a live webcast: Delta 2 Launch Coverage.
Check out all the details the flight in this 13-page United Launch Alliance Cosmo 3 Mission Booklet.
Blogger Update 10:40 p.m.: The Delta 2 rocket is flying smoothly after the initial launch phase. First and second stage flight went by the book and the vehicle is now in a 52-minute coast phase that advances the final portions of the mission. Click here to launch a live webcast: Delta 2 Launch Coverage.
Blogger Update 10:30: The Delta rocket and its Italian payload blasted off on time at 10:28 p.m. EDT and all systems are operating as expected. Click here to launch a live webcast: Delta 2 Launch Coverage.
Blogger Update 10:10 p.m.: Countdown to the planned 10:28 p.m. launch of a Delta 2 rocket and an Italian satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is continuing. Click here to launch a live webcast: Delta 2 Launch Coverage..
An Italian radar reconnaissance satellite is scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:28 p.m. EDT tonight.
The Cosmo 3 satellite is the third in a series of four spacecraft that will use a synthetic aperture radar to keep tabs on the Mediterranean Basin for the Italian Defense Ministry. The satellites also are being used by civilian Italian agencies for environmental studies of the region.
You can watch a live webcast of the final countdown and launch right here in The Flame Trench beginning at 10:10 p.m. EDT. Click here: Delta 2 Launch Coverage..
Check out all the details on the countdown and the flight in this 13-page United Launch Alliance Cosmo 3 Mission Booklet.
Here's a link to a live webcam at SLC-2: DeltaCam One.
And here's a link to another Vandenberg Air Force Base launch operations webcam: VandyCam One.
The weather forecast for launch, meanwhile, could not be better. Air Force meteorologists say there is absolutely no chance -- zero -- that conditions would prevent an on-time launch.
ABOUT THE IMAGE: Click to enlarge and save this Air Force photo of a Delta II rocket after the mobile service tower was rolled away from the vehicle tonight at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Photo credit: Air Force/Vandenberg Air Force Base/via United Space Alliance.
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