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CPMcGraw
02-16-2012, 05:30 PM
Upper level winds went from red to green back to red just seconds before the window closed, and forced a 24-hour turn-around.

Launch was not being covered by NASA.

CPMcGraw
02-17-2012, 07:10 PM
The mission was scrubbed again, same issues. The next opportunity will be Wednesday at the earliest, due to an undisclosed range conflict.

Cohetero-negro
02-20-2012, 12:39 AM
For Vandenburg ... the only flights I can see :(

FEB 25 To be
announced Minuteman III --- The vehicle will probably send an unarmed warhead on a ballistic trajectory to the central Pacific. The Defense Department will release the launch window and other details a few days in advance
MAR 29 To be
announced Delta IV SLC-6 Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-25 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
AUG To be
announced Atlas V SLC-3E Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-36 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
DEC 1 To be
announced Pegasus XL N/A Vehicle will be air-dropped from an L-1011 jumbo jet flying offshore. The aircraft will be staged from Vandenberg AFB.
2012 To be
announced Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch a payload for MDA Corp. (Canada)
2012 To be
announced Falcon Heavy SLC-4E Falcon Heavy demonstration flight

CPMcGraw
02-20-2012, 01:21 PM
MUOS not expected to fly until Friday afternoon, at the earliest: Mission Status Page (http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av030/status.html)

CPMcGraw
02-21-2012, 12:05 PM
Managers today secured Friday as the official new launch date on the Eastern Range for the Atlas 5 rocket mission to deploy the U.S. Navy's giant new satellite to revolutionize mobile communications for warfighters.

The 44-minute launch window extends from 5:15 to 5:59 p.m. EST (2215-2259 GMT).

Rollout of the Atlas 5 from the Vertical Integration Facility to the Complex 41 pad at Cape Canaveral will occur Thursday morning, and the countdown clocks begin ticking on launch day at 10:15 a.m. EST.

Coverage should be through SFN, but probably not NASA TV. It wasn't being covered on the last attempts, anyway.