NOAA-N Launch Rescheduled

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The Delta II rocket and NOAA-N Prime spacecraft on the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Photo credit: Carleton Bailie/United Launch Alliance.

by Staff Writers
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2009
The launch of the NOAA-N Prime weather satellite now is set for Thursday, Feb. 5 at 2:22 a.m. PST., weather permitting. Liftoff was scrubbed at 2 a.m. PST Wednesday, when a launch pad gaseous nitrogen pressurization system failed.

This system maintains pressurization and purges to various systems of the Delta II rocket prior to launch. Immediate repair to this system is being undertaken.

The NOAA-N Prime satellite, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin, will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. NOAA-N Prime is the fifth and last in the current series of five polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging and sounding capabilities.

The satellite will collect meteorological data and transmit the information to NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, which processes the data for input to the National Weather Service for its long-range weather and climate forecasts. Forecasters worldwide also will be able to access the satellite's images and data.

NOAA-N Prime has sensors that will be used in the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System to monitor for distress signals around the world.

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Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2009
Final launch operations will get under way late this afternoon in California. The loading of RP-1 fuel into the Delta II rocket's first stage is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. EST with tower rollback following at 8:30 p.m. Call to stations for the launch team will be at 2 a.m.

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