[Launch Alert] Launch Delayed

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				              2006 March 13 (Monday) 17:46 PST
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         NASA'S ST5 LAUNCH POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST
                         NASA Media Advisory

Predicted weather conditions postponed Tuesday's scheduled launch of
NASA's Space Technology 5 (ST5) spacecraft. It will launch Wednesday,
March 15, at 9:02 a.m. EST.

The forecast improves on Wednesday with only a 20 percent chance of
not having acceptable weather.

ST5 launch coverage on NASA TV begins Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. EST. NASA
TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an MPEG-2
digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees
west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In
Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For digital
downlink information, visit:

  http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

To view ST5 launch and mission coverage on the Web, visit:

  http://www.nasa.gov/st5

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

  http://www.nasa.gov/home

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