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FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO. 1792 AUGUST 20... 2000
ATTENTION FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS/NOAAPORT USERS
SUBJECT NOAA-L LAUNCH DELAYED
THE NOAA-L LAUNCH FROM VANDENBURG AFB CALIFORNIA THAT
WAS SCHEDULED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1022 UTC ON 9/20/00 WAS
SCRUBBED THIS MORNING. THE DELAY WAS CAUSED BY A
TRANSISTOR IN THE TITAN LAUNCH VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A
CURRENT OVERLOAD. IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WITHIN THE
LAUNCH WINDOW WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THE OVERLOAD WERE ON
THE TRANSISTOR AND OR WHAT CAUSED THE OVERLOAD CONDITION
WITHIN THE TITAN. FURTHER REVIEW OF THE SITUATION WILL OCCUR
TODAY /9/20/00/ WITH A DECISION WHETHER TO RESCHEDULE LAUNCH
FOR TOMORROW /9/21/00/ EXPECTED LATER TODAY. AT THIS POINT IN
TIME... THE LAUNCH TEAM IS MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR A 24-HOUR
LAUNCH SLIP FOR 1022Z /0622 EDT/ ON THURSDAY... SEPTEMBER 21.
THE LAUNCH WINDOW REMAINS APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.
MISSION STATUS UPDATE AND VIDEO FEED CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP //WWW.SPACEFLIGHTNOW.COM
APOLOGIES TO THE WXSAT-L GROUP WHO HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
MUCH OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE.
TOM RENKEVENS
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH
SATELLITE SERVICES DIVISION
NOAA/NESDIS
THOMAS.RENKEVENS/AT SYMBOL/NOAA.GOV
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