If the sticky valve is fixed by Thursday, that is. - HLG
GOES P Launch Slips To March 4
Mar 2, 2010
By Staff Aviation Week
Component issues have pushed the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite P (GOES P) weather satellite back to Thursday, March 4, during a window lasting from 6:17-7:17 p.m. EST.
Originally scheduled for March 2, the launch was pushed back a day after mission managers decided on Feb. 26 that a steering control valve on one of the Delta IV’s solid rocket motors was faulty and had to be replaced. That fix has already taken place and is being verified.
Then during inspections Feb. 28 managers decided that a quick disconnect in a fuel line also had to be replaced, which pushed the mission out another day.
The weather forecast at Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is favorable, with only a 20 percent chance of a scrub, according to Delta maker United Launch Alliance. The primary concern is ground winds at the pad. In the event of a scrub, the mission will target March 5, during the same launch window.
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