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To: Drew Williams who wrote (5587)	7/8/1999 2:26:00 AM
From: djane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

11:20 pm EST update on launch FLORIDA TODAY Space Online Delta/Globalstar-4 Launch Journal From countdown through spacecraft separation this page will keep you informed with the latest on the flight of a Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying four Globalstar communications satellites. These updates are prepared by Space Online's Justin Ray. For complete stories, images and multimedia files from FLORIDA TODAY, as well as official news releases, see our Space Today page. Wednesday, July 7, 1999 Update for 11:20 p.m. EDT The mobile service tower has been rolled away from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket atop Cape Canaveral Air Station's pad 17B. The MST is used to assemble the rocket on the pad, plus provide access and weather protection. The rocket is now brightly illuminated by powerful floodlights as workers continue with preparations for a planned 5:17:37 a.m. EDT launch tomorrow. Final pre-launch work will lead to the start of terminal count at 2:17:37 a.m. EDT at the T-minus 150 minute mark. Two built-in holds are scheduled into the countdown - at T-minus 20 minutes for 20 minutes and at T-minus 4 minutes for 10 minutes. The major milestone will come at about 3:30 a.m. EDT when Boeing officials will decide which of today's two available launch windows to use. The three-minute-long windows open at 5:17:37 and 8:17:07 a.m. EDT, respectively. Boeing can only try for one window or the other, not both. The reason is super-cold liquid oxygen, used by the first stage main engine, can remain onboard the rocket for not longer than three hours. The launch team typically begins pumping liquid oxygen aboard the Delta 2 at T-minus 75 minutes, which is actually one-hour and 45 minutes before the launch. The two launch opportunities on Thursday are too far apart in order to support both. The timing of the two windows is geared toward shooting the four Globalstar spacecraft into two open planes of the satellite constellation - one window for each plane. In all, the constellation will feature eight planes with six operational spacecraft in each. The Boeing launch team is readying a Delta 2 rocket to carry another cluster of four Globalstar communications satellites into space. Liftoff will be possible during one of two launch windows: 5:17:37 to 5:20:37 a.m. or 8:17:07 to 8:20:07 a.m. EDT (0917:37-0920:37 or 1217:07-1220:07 GMT). Officials will select one of the windows prior to loading liquid oxygen aboard the rocket's first stage on launch morning. A decision to proceed with the first window would come around 3:30 a.m. EDT. Air Force meteorologists say there will be an 80 percent chance of acceptable weather conditions on Thursday. The threat will be coastal rain showers in the area. Here is an overview from Tuesday's weather forecast: "Surface and upper level high located north of FL to continue deep east-southeasterly flow over the next couple of days. Upper level low pressure currently east of the Bahamas will move westward across southern FL over the next 24-36 hours. Dry, subsiding air ahead of this low will inhibit shower and thunderstorm activity until mid day on Thurs. Once this upper low moves west of FL, the moisture depth will again increase as well as the coverage of showers and thunderstorms. Main concern for launch will be a slight chance of a coastal shower moving in the proximity of the pad. The forecast calls for scattered clouds at 3,000 and 15,000 feet, visibility of 10 miles or better, southeasterly winds at 5 gusting to 10 knots, a temperature of 76 to 78 degrees F for the first window and 80 to 82 degrees F for the second and humidity of 80 percent. Should the launch be delayed for some reason, the forecast for Friday and Saturday shows a 60 percent chance of good weather on those days. -Justin Ray This World Wide Web site is copyright © 1999 FLORIDA TODAY.

To: Drew Williams who wrote (5587)	7/8/1999 9:37:00 PM
From: TMann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Globalstar Worries Does it work under a tree? Will it receive signals 50 miles at sea? Does it work in the rain? Will it function on a high speed train? Does it work on a cloudy day? Will the other end understand what I say? Does it work in the fog? What about Los Angeles smog? Does it drop calls under an overpass? Will its signal penetrate my office glass? Does it ring with the antenna down? Will it work between skyscrapers downtown? Does the battery expire too quick? Will my friends laugh, cause its as big as a brick? Can it perform a cellular to satellite switch? Is service affordable only to the rich? Of course these concerns are in addition to marketing missteps of the bumbling service providers (Guess that poem comes later). Can any of you 'privileged' who have tested the service answer any of the above? I'm glad Bernie is keeping the faith with more purchases!