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To: william i smith jr who wrote (6010)7/24/1999 6:33:00 PM
From: djane  Respond to of 29987
 
Launch Update for 12 p.m. EDT [90% chance of good weather]

flatoday.com

FLORIDA TODAY Space Online
Delta/Globalstar-5 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.

Saturday, July 24, 1999

Update for 12 p.m. EDT

The Launch Readiness Review was successfully completed this morning as Boeing
continues with plans to launch a Delta 2 rocket with four Globalstar satellites on
Sunday from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla. Officials say there are no technical
problems standing in the way of launch at 3:46:03 a.m. EDT tomorrow, the
opening of a three-minute window. A backup three-minute window is also
available at 6:44:03 a.m. EDT. However, the launch team can only use one
window or the other, not both. A decision on which window to use will be made
prior to the loading of liquid oxygen aboard the rocket's first stage at about 2 a.m.
EDT.

Air Force meteorologists say there is a 90 percent chance of good weather.

Tonight, workers will roll the mobile service structure away from the rocket, and
prepare the launch complex for the final countdown and launch. Terminal count is
slated to begin at 12:46:03 a.m. EDT. The loading of RP-1 fuel into the rocket's
first stage is scheduled to be performed during terminal count and not before
tower removal. The launch team had performed the fueling operation early during
recent launches to weight down the vehicle while it is exposed on the pad.

-Justin Ray



To: william i smith jr who wrote (6010)7/24/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: Diogeron  Respond to of 29987
 
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