[Launch Alert] Atlas V Launch Status

[Launch Alert]

The following is an update on tomorrow's Atlas V/WorldView 3 launch from Vandenberg AFB. It was issued at 11:30 PDT this morning by the United Launch Alliance:

"The Launch Readiness Review was completed in advance of the launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 payload for Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services. The mission is set to lift off on Wednesday, Aug. 13 from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 11:30 a.m. PDT. Today’s L-1 forecast shows a 40 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch."

At this point, the weather looks iffy.

Brian Webb