Tuesday, January 17, 2006

New Horizon's Launch blog

Florida Today is live Blogging here.

Live coverage is here.

Update--Right now the winds are at the launch limit of 30 - 35 knots at 12:15 PM EST. Watch out for next wind predictions. Exactly one hour to launch T - 60 mins.

2:15 EST--Launch delayed till 2:30 PM. Upper level and ground winds data taken. Antiqua tracking station is down. Should be up and ready for launch at 2:30 PM.

2:53 EST--Launch is moved to 3:05 PM if all winds are within limits. The launch window will close at 3:23 PM est for today. Cross your fingers!

3:00 EST--Launch moved to last time available, 3:23 pm. Studying the winds with new software installed. Polling data is ok.

3:21 EST-- NO Go on Launch, Red line monitor fault--Scrub it today! 24 hours till next launch.

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