[Launch Alert] Delta II / OCO-2 Launch Status

[Launch Alert]

The following Delta II / OCO-2 launch status was issued by the United Launch Alliance (the launch services contractor) at 12:19 p.m. PDT today:

"Everything is progressing toward NASA’s OCO-2 launch. The mission is set to lift off on a ULA Delta II rocket on Tuesday, July 1 from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch is scheduled at 2:56 a.m. PDT at the opening of a 30-second launch window. Today’s L-3 forecast shows a 100 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch."

ULA has posted a mission booklet at:

http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Mission_Booklets/DII/dii_oco2_mob.pdf