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GLAST Has New Target Launch Date: June 11,2008

The launch of NASA’s GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance

Delta II rocket has a new targeted launch date of no earlier than Wednesday, June 11, during a window that extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT. The change was necessary to allow additional time to replace the rocket's flight termination system battery, which displayed indications of a problem on June 4.


Workers at the launch pad are set to load the hypergolic propellants into the Delta II rocket's second stage over the weekend. The GLAST prelaunch news conference is planned for 1 p.m. on Monday, June 9, at NASA's News Center at the Kennedy Space Center. Watch the news conference live on
NASA TV Media Channel .


On launch day, they will retract the mobile service tower from around the rocket
at 2 a.m. Loading of the liquid oxygen, beginning the final phase of the launch
countdown, is set to start at 10:15 a.m.