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The countdown to the planned launch of a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is continuing without problems and the weather forecast is looking even better.
In his T-Minus 60 minute briefing, Launch Weather Officer Joel Tumbiolo increased to probability of acceptable launch weather to 95 percent. He and the Air Force 45th Weather Squadron had been slightly concerned about the possibility of thick clouds moving into the area from the northwest. But the latest satellite imagery shows little chance of that happening, so Tumbiolo said, a weather reconnaissance aircraft that had been on standby will not need to take off.
The Air Force-United Launch Alliance launch team now is conducting engine steering tests on the first and second stages of the vehicle. The slewing tests are done to make certain the rocket engines will be steered properly in flight.
The first of two built-in holds in the terminal countdown is coming up at 3:49 p.m. at T-Minus 15 minutes. It's a 20-minute hold designed to allow engineers to catch up on any work or to troublshoot any problems, but all is proceeding on schedule and no issues are being worked.
The final 10-minute built will come at 4:20 a.m. when the clock reaches T-Minus 4 minutes. Final management polls will be conducted at that time and if all is well, then the final countdown would pick up at 4:30 a.m.
3 comments:
Is this the live video?
Yes. It was.
Oops. I mean, no it wasn't. The live video came up about 10 or 15 minutes before launch. Those are still images from live video feeds at the launch complex....
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