[Launch Alert] Launch Delayed

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                         kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info

                             2009 February 4 (Wednesday) 04:39 PST
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                       DELTA II LAUNCH DELAYED
                    Vandenberg AFB News Release
                          2009 February 4

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - The launch of a Delta II rocket from Space Launch
Complex-2 has been rescheduled due to a problem with the launch pad. 

The next launch attempt is scheduled for Thursday at 2:22 a.m., weather
permitting.

The rocket will carry a NOAA-N Prime polar-orbiting weather satellite for
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

The NOAA-N Prime satellite will improve weather forecasting and monitor
environmental events around the world, according to the NASA Web site.
NOAA-N Prime is the fifth and last in the current series of five
polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging and sounding capabilities. 

The satellite will collect meteorological data and transmit the information
to NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, which processes the data for
input to the National Weather Service for its long-range weather and climate
forecasts, according to NASA. Forecasters worldwide also will be able to
access the satellite's images and data. 

NOAA-N Prime has sensors that will be used in the Search and Rescue
Satellite-Aided Tracking System to monitor for distress signals around the
world.

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