The launch of LRO/LCROSS has been rescheduled

[valmirmmorais]

Dear Friends:

The NASA announced that the LCROSS Mission should not be launched
before June 2, 2009.

"Mission: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and
Sensing Satellite (LRO/LCROSS)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
Launch Pad: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Date: No earlier than June 2, 2009
Launch Window: TBD

The launch of LRO/LCROSS has been rescheduled to no earlier than June
2. This will enable sufficient time to be built back into the Atlas V
processing schedule to support launch. The processing schedule became
insufficient after the launch postponement of the Atlas V for the
non-NASA mission currently on the launch pad.

This week the LRO spacecraft team has been performing mission launch
rehearsals, liftoff through lunar insertion. The solar arrays are
planned for installation on April 8.

The LCROSS spacecraft team is performing electrical testing."

Source of information: George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.


Regards,

Valmir Martins de Morais

Estação Astronômica PieGise
Latitude = 07º 12' 27.378" S
Longitude= 39º 18' 48.586" W
Altitude = 400,2 mts.
Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará - Brasil

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Thanks for the headup, Val. - Kurt