[Launch Alert] Another Launch Delay

[Brian Webb]

                            LAUNCH ALERT

			           Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		         E-mail: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	         Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info

				             2005 May 11 (Wednesday) 18:58 PDT
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                       DELTA II LAUNCH DELAYED
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – The launch of a Delta II rocket has been
rescheduled for Friday May 13 at 3:22 a.m. due to high winds. The
rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex-2 carrying a NOAA-N
weather satellite.

The launch is the result of a combined effort by the men and women of
the 30th Space Wing, NASA and  National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. The spacelift commander for this mission is Col. Frank
Gallegos, 30th Space Wing commander.

The NOAA-N satellite will improve weather forecasting and monitor
environmental events around the world. NOAA-N is the fourth in the
current series of five polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging
and sounding capabilities.  Built by Lockheed Martin, the satellite
will collect meteorological data and transmit the information to
NOAA's Satellite and Information Service.

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