Winds delay Titan 2 launch
Posted: Sun, Jan 5, 2003, 3:00 PM ET (2000 GMT)
Gusty upper-level winds delayed the launch early Sunday of a Titan 2 rocket carrying a military research satellite. The Titan 2 was scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 9:18 am EST (1418 GMT), but the launch was scrubbed several minutes before liftoff when upper-level winds failed to subside from unacceptably-high levels. The launch has been rescheduled for Monday at the same time. Four launch attempts last month were scrubbed because of poor weather and technical glitches. The booster is carrying Coriolis, a spacecraft that carries a Navy instrument for measuring ocean surface wind conditions and an Air Force imager that would provide advance notice of geomagnetic storms caused by solar activity.
Gusty upper-level winds delayed the launch early Sunday of a Titan 2 rocket carrying a military research satellite. The Titan 2 was scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 9:18 am EST (1418 GMT), but the launch was scrubbed several minutes before liftoff when upper-level winds failed to subside from unacceptably-high levels. The launch has been rescheduled for Monday at the same time. Four launch attempts last month were scrubbed because of poor weather and technical glitches. The booster is carrying Coriolis, a spacecraft that carries a Navy instrument for measuring ocean surface wind conditions and an Air Force imager that would provide advance notice of geomagnetic storms caused by solar activity.| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
|
|
news links
|
|
Saturday, January 24
Diopter Labs Unveils "Orbital First Aid" Strategy Following ISS Medical Evacuation
PRLog — 4:23 pm ET (2123 GMT) GomSpace Strengthens Business Unit Structure and Executive Team for 2026
GomSpace — 4:23 pm ET (2123 GMT) GomSpace Appoints Jane Rygaard as Vice President of Products Business Unit
GomSpace — 4:23 pm ET (2123 GMT) GomSpace announces 2026 market guidance with strong profitable growth
GomSpace — 4:22 pm ET (2122 GMT) ALMA Reveals Teenage Years of New Worlds
Max-Planck-Institut — 4:21 pm ET (2121 GMT) |
