Dawn launch delayed again
Posted: Sat, Jul 7, 2007, 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
The launch of NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt has been delayed again, this time to mid-July, because of delays getting tracking assets in place to monitor the launch. NASA initially announced Friday that the launch would be postponed one day, to Monday, because of problems with a tracking aircraft as well as weather conditions in Florida that had been delaying fueling of the Delta 2 rocket that will launch Dawn. Late Friday, however, NASA announced that the launch would be further delayed, until July 15, because of continued issues getting either a tracking aircraft or ship into position off the west-central coast of Africa. The launch window for Dawn runs only until July 19; after that the launch must wait until after the August launch of the Phoenix Mars mission. The next launch window would open in September.
The launch of NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt has been delayed again, this time to mid-July, because of delays getting tracking assets in place to monitor the launch. NASA initially announced Friday that the launch would be postponed one day, to Monday, because of problems with a tracking aircraft as well as weather conditions in Florida that had been delaying fueling of the Delta 2 rocket that will launch Dawn. Late Friday, however, NASA announced that the launch would be further delayed, until July 15, because of continued issues getting either a tracking aircraft or ship into position off the west-central coast of Africa. The launch window for Dawn runs only until July 19; after that the launch must wait until after the August launch of the Phoenix Mars mission. The next launch window would open in September.
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