[meteorite-list] GRAIL Launch Postponed to September 10

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-283  

Launch Postponed Until Saturday
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 08, 2011

GRAIL Mission Status Report

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- The launch of a Delta II
rocket carrying NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)
has been postponed one day to allow additional time to review propulsion
system data from Thursday's detanking operation after the launch attempt
was scrubbed due to upper level winds. The postponement will allow the
launch team additional time to review the data.

The launch now is planned for Saturday, Sept. 10, from Space Launch
Complex-17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. There are two
instantaneous launch opportunities at 8:29:45 a.m. and 9:08:52 a.m. EDT
(5:29:45 a.m. and 6:08:52 a.m. PDT). The forecast for Sept. 10 shows a
60 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for a Saturday morning
launch.

More information about GRAIL is online at: http://www.nasa.gov/grail and
http://grail.nasa.gov .

DC Agle 818-393-9011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle at jpl.nasa.gov

Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov

George Diller 321-867-2468
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
george.h.diller at nasa.gov

2011-283