GPS 2F-1 on Delta IV from Cape Canaveral

[Star Voyager]

A Delta 4 rocket will carry a new GPS satellite into an 11,000 mile orbit. It will be launching from LC-37 at 11:25 p.m. EDT:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/status.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/100429cleanroom/

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/100428launchtimeline.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/100428track.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/100428rocket.html

http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Launch.shtml#/8/

http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/docs/missionbooklets/DIV/div_gpsiifsv1_mob.pdf

EDIT: There's a spacing issue with the title. How do I fix it?

 

[orb]

And as usual, Calendar event with timer set for the launch.

 

[Star Voyager]

New pictures:

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/mst/

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d349/100521prelaunch/

 

[bwog]

How many GPS satellites are there in space anyway?

 

[tl8]

31 Active and about 6 inactive

 

[Star Voyager]

Everything is proceeding normally with the count. Acceptable weather conditions are still 90%. Here are some mission stats:

The 349th Delta rocket launch since 1960
The 13th Delta 4 rocket mission since 2002
The 11th Delta 4 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
The 6th Medium+ 4,2 configuration to fly
The 6th Delta 4 under the ULA banner
The 2nd Delta 4 launch this year
The 61st GPS satellite to launch
The 50th GPS launch on a Delta rocket
The 1st GPS Block 2F satellite

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T-5 minutes and holding.

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GPS 2F-1 now on internal power.

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New T-0 is 11:43 p.m. EDT due to telemetry issues.

 

[DaveS]

SV TLM LOS, NO-GO. Going to the very end of the launch window, 11:43:00 pm EDT.

 

[Star Voyager]

I'm guessing that SV TLM is Space Vehicle TeLeMetry?

 

[DaveS]

I'm guessing that SV TLM is Space Vehicle Telemetry?

Yes.

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Plan is to resume count at L-20 minutes and perform another verification at L-10 minutes.

 

[Star Voyager]

All flight controllers poll "ready", it's a go for launch !

 

[DaveS]

L-10 verification: All ready.

 

[Star Voyager]

T-5 minutes and counting.

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Hold!

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Looks like a scrub for tonight .

 

[DaveS]

SCRUB! SV went NO-GO and due to the launch being targeted for the end of the launch window, this is an automatic scrub.

 

[tl8]

Try again tomorrow night, Same time -4 minutes.

 

[DaveS]

Tomorrow's launch window runs from 11:21:00 pm EDT through 11:39:00 pm EDT. Weather remains excellent.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

From Spaceflight Now:

Sunday's launch window extends from 11:17 to 11:35 PM EDT/3:17 to 3:35 AM GMT Mon. Weather forecasters predict a 70% chance of good conditions.

NASASpaceFlight: "Delta IV launch with GPS IIF SV-1 scrubbed for 48 hours".

Live view of Delta IV on the launch pad via KSC webcams.

 

[DaveS]

Launch have been delayed yet again, this time to Monday evening. The launch window runs from 11:09 pm EDT to 11:27 pm EDT.

 

[Star Voyager]

Any idea why?

 

[DaveS]

Any idea why?

No.

 

[Star Voyager]

Countdown clocks are now ticking, tanking will begin in about 10 minutes. If this shot doesn't go tonight, it won't go until later in the week because it takes about a day or two to reconfigure AMR for flight ops. (in this case, Atlantis's landing).

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LD gave a go for tanking. Here we go, folks!