GEORGE DILLER: From Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, this is
Pegasus Launch Control at launch minus one hour, 25 minutes and counting.
We are on schedule for the launch of NASA's AIM spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket.
The L-1011 carrier aircraft is currently taxiing to the end of the runway
here at the Vandenberg airfield, preparing to depart at 12:28 p.m. Pacific Time.
The L-1011 will proceed to a point approximately 100 miles west-southwest of Point Sur, Calif.,
which is also directly southwest of the Monterey Peninsula. The deployment and launch of the Pegasus rocket is targeted
to occur at 1:26 p.m. Pacific Time, which is within a launch window that extends from 1:23 to 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.
The weather forecast today is acceptable for launch, with a zero-percent chance of not meeting the launch weather criteria.