[Launch Alert] Launch Cancelled Again

[Brian Webb]

	      ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
				  
			  Brian Webb, KD6NRP
		      Ventura County, California
			 kd6nrp@earthlink.net
		   http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp
				       
				     2002 February 9 (Saturday) 06:35 PST
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			Launch Cancelled Again
				   
I just received information that today's launch from Vandenberg AFB has
been cancelled. The scrub was caused because the P-3 range aircraft based
at Point Mugu had been grounded for some type of problem. The Navy was
unable to get the backup P-3 airborne soon enough to support the launch.

P-3C aircraft are stationed hundreds of miles downrage from the launch
site and allow telemetry (data) to be received from the launch vehicle
after it has passed out of range of Vandenberg's tracking station.

For more information on the mission including a list of launch events,
go to

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta2/is-1/msn_info.htm

For the latest countdown status, visit Spaceflight Now's web site at
				   
	   http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d290/status.html