[Launch Alert] Launch Delayed

[Brian Webb]

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

			    2009 February 18 (Wednesday) 18:25 PST
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                            LAUNCH DELAYED

Next week's launch of a Taurus XL rocket from Vandenberg AFB has been
delayed 24-hours. Lift-off was scheduled for early Monday morning,
February 23.

The launch is now slated for Tuesday morning, February 24, during a
01:50-01:57 PST launch window. If the Taurus functions as planned, it
will insert NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory into a near-polar
orbit.

The reason for the launch delay is unknown.

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                             TIME FORMAT

All times in this newsletter are given in Pacific Time using a 24-hour
format based on military time. Under this system, regular time is
expressed as follows:
                                            24-hour
                        Regular Time        Format
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                    12:00 a.m. (midnight)   00:00
                    6:00  a.m.              06:00
                    12:00 p.m. (noon)       12:00
                    6:00  p.m.              18:00

No distinction is made between Pacific Standard Time and Pacific
Daylight Time.

For assistance in converting military time to regular time, go to:

	http://www.spacearchive.info/military.htm

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