For Minotaur/JAWSAT on Friday night, there is a three-hour launch window available (0254-0554 GMT) but a desired 20-minute period (0254-0314 GMT) that is needed by one of the payloads. In addition, that specific payload wants to hit the middle of the 20-minute period at 0304 GMT (10:04 p.m. EST). So if weather cooperates and there are no problems, officials will hold the countdown for 10 minutes to match the preferred launch time of 0304 GMT (10:04 p.m. EST). But since the purpose of this launch is to test the Minotaur, liftoff can occur outside that 20-minute period with degraded results from that one satellite. Complete countdown and launch coverage is available at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/osp/jawsat/status.html Justin Ray ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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