1307 GMT (9:07 a.m. EDT) SCRUB! Upper level winds will not allow liftoff today. So GRAIL will spend an extra day on Earth. Launch will be rescheduled for tomorrow at 8:33:25 a.m. EDT. The second window is 9:12:31 a.m. EDT. The launch team is progressing with standard post-scrub safing of the vehicle. Draining of the first stage liquid oxygen is getting underway. The RP-1 fuel will be offloaded and the service gantry put back around the vehicle later today.
The weather forecast for Friday's launch calls for another 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions, with anvil and cumulus cloud concerns again. Those odds do not factor in upper level winds, since that issue is determined by the rocket engineering team and not the local weather folks. The specifics tomorrow include scattered clouds at 3,000 and 10,000 feet, a broken deck at 25,000 feet, isolated showers in the area, good visibility, westerly winds from 270 degrees at 10 knots and a temperature around 78 degrees F. Greg Williams | SAIC Service Desk Account Processor | SAIC Service Desk | phone: 877-WWW-SAIC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dishnut Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 9:12 PM To: Medianews; Satellite TV Wild Feeds List; TVRO Newsgroup; WildFeeds List Subject: [Medianews] Delta II / GRAIL Upcoming Launch Coverage Thursday (09-8) @6 am ET. NASA DVB This upcoming Thursday morning (9-8) United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a pair of GRAIL lunar spacecraft for NASA on a Delta II heavy rocket (7920-H configuration)from SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch is scheduled with two launch windows, first on being at 8:37:06 a.m.. EDT. and another opportunity at 9:16:12 a.m. EDT. GRAIL-A Deploy occurs approximately 81 minutes and 58 seconds after liftoff, and GRAIL-B Deploy occurs approximately 90 minutes and 13 seconds after liftoff. ** there will be Rocket cams aboard to give a unique view of the launch. GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory) primary science objectives will be to determine the structure of the lunar interior, from crust to core and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the Moon. GRAIL will also extend knowledge gained from the Moon to the other terrestrial planets. The new information that will be obtained will help when targeting a landing site for any future missions. Each spacecraft will carry multiple cameras onboard to document their views and to allow students and the public to view observations from the satellites. Forecasters are calling for a 40 percent chance of acceptable weather at liftoff time. On all NASA Channels: NASA TV MPEG2 (public channel 101) available on AMC-3 at 87° W, transponder 15C (4000 H) SR: 28111 VPID: 111 APID: 114 PCR: 111 NASA TV MPEG2 (education channel 102) available on AMC-3 at 87° W, transponder 15C (4000 H) SR: 28111 VPID: 289 APID: 293 PCR: 289 NASA TV MPEG2 (media channel 103) available on AMC-3 at 87° W, transponder 15C (4000 H) SR: 28111 VPID: 4145 APID: 4148 PCR: 4145 NASA TV MPEG2 (High definition channel 105) available on AMC-3 at 87° W, transponder 15C (4000 H) SR: 28111 VPID: 82 APID: 83 PCR: 82 NASA broadcast coverage starts at 6 a.m. EDT. Don't have a dish? Webcast is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d356/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/grail/main/index.html http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/grail/home.cfm -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Program Director and Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm ET. on: RFD RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/ RFD Show Archives: http://gamebird.ehhh.us/archive Follow RFD on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rfdradio and Facebook: http://facebook.com/radiofree.dishnuts **In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)** _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
