Status Report

ULA Delta IV GPS IIF-9 Launch Set for March 25, 2:36 p.m. EDT

By SpaceRef Editor
March 25, 2015
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (March 25, 2015) – A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket stands ready for launch at Space Launch Complex-37 with the GPS IIF-9 payload. Launch is scheduled for this afternoon at 2:36 p.m. EDT. GPS IIF-9 is the ninth in a series of next generation GPS satellites and will join a worldwide timing and navigation system utilizing 24 satellites in six different planes, with a minimum of four satellites per plane positioned in orbit approximately 11,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Photo: United Launch Alliance

Weather Forecast

Launch day overall probability of violating weather constraints: 10%

Primary concern(s): Flight Through Precipitation, Cumulus Clouds

24-hour delay overall probability of violating weather constraints: 60%

Primary concern(s): Flight Through Precipitation, Cumulus Clouds, Thick Cloud Layers

SpaceRef staff editor.