Delta launches GPS satellite
Posted: Wed, Jun 23, 2004, 11:44 PM ET (0344 GMT)
A Boeing Delta 2 successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Wednesday night after weeks of technical and weather-related delays. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral at 6:54 pm EDT (2254 GMT) Wednesday. Its payload, GPS 2R-12, separated from the vehicle 26 minutes later. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, will supplement the existing satellites of the Global Positioning System. The launch had been delayed several times, originally because of minor technical issues with the rocket, and more recently because of stormy weather at the Cape. Launch attempts on three successive days, Saturday through Monday, were scrubbed because of weather. The delays had become a concern because the pad is scheduled to launch another Delta 2 carrying NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury at the end of July; if the delays had continued much longer then MESSENGER's launch date could have been affected.
A Boeing Delta 2 successfully launched a GPS navigation satellite Wednesday night after weeks of technical and weather-related delays. The Delta 2 7925 lifted off from Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral at 6:54 pm EDT (2254 GMT) Wednesday. Its payload, GPS 2R-12, separated from the vehicle 26 minutes later. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, will supplement the existing satellites of the Global Positioning System. The launch had been delayed several times, originally because of minor technical issues with the rocket, and more recently because of stormy weather at the Cape. Launch attempts on three successive days, Saturday through Monday, were scrubbed because of weather. The delays had become a concern because the pad is scheduled to launch another Delta 2 carrying NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury at the end of July; if the delays had continued much longer then MESSENGER's launch date could have been affected.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
SpaceX sets Nov. 18 launch date for sixth Starship test flight
Posted: Sat, Nov 9 9:57 AM ET (1457 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Wednesday, November 20
Sierra Space Recognized as the Only Space Company in Fast Company’s Annual List of the Next Big Things in Tech
Business Wire — 1:46 am ET (0646 GMT) Building Colorado's economic case to keep Space Command begins
Denver Gazette — 1:46 am ET (0646 GMT) Air Force to change name to protect national space interests
The Nation (Thailand) — 1:45 am ET (0645 GMT) SpaceX, Blue Origin HLS Manifests To Get Cargo Missions
Aviation Week — 1:44 am ET (0644 GMT) Trump attends SpaceX Starship launch in Texas with CEO Elon Musk
CNBC — 1:43 am ET (0643 GMT) |
