New Launch Date for Delta 2 GPS

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<font color="orange"><b>New target date set for Delta 2 rocket launch</b><br /><br />The next Global Positioning System satellite could roar into space next weekend, officials said today, after technical problems with Boeing's Delta 2 rocket are resolved.<br /><br />Liftoff is currently targeted for Saturday, October 30. The day's 28-minute launch window extends from 2:08 to 2:36 a.m. EDT (0608-0636 GMT).</font><br /><br />More... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[Swampcat]

<font color="orange">MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2004<br /><br />Launch of the Boeing Delta 2 rocket carrying a Global Positioning System satellite from Cape Canaveral, rescheduled for this coming weekend, has been postponed yet again.<br /><br />Air Force officials have not announced the reason for this latest delay or the new target launch date.<br /><br />The mission has slipped several times due to Florida's hurricane troubles and more recently by technical concerns.</font><br /><br />From Spaceflight Now Mission Status Center. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>