CIBER Launch Rescheduled for March 2

The launch has been rescheduled for 4:02 to 4:37 a.m. MST (6:02 to 6:37 a.m. EST), Friday, March 2. The launch had been postponed to give the launch team time to check the fin settings.

A NASA two-stage Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket is scheduled for launch March 2 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The rocket will be carrying the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) for the California Institute of Technology. The launch is scheduled between 4:02 and 4:37 a.m. MST (6:02 and 6:37 a.m. EST). The optical astrophysics payload is projected to fly to approximately 200 miles apogee during its 15 minute flight. The launch was postponed on February 25 to give the team time to check the fin settings on the Black Brant IX.