VOICE: And this is LC. Abort, abort. This is LC on mission freq, abort, abort...Abort, abort, proceed to the abort checklist.
GEORGE DILLER: And the drop has been aborted. We have waved off. The fin batteries have timed out. We could not retract the ignition pins.
(voices speaking in code)
DILLER: Taking the Pegasus off internal power. The pins could not be retracted that are associated with the steering controls.
Once again, the launch has been aborted because we were unable to retract the pins associated with the flight controls.
These are the pins that lock those flight controls into position prior to launch and then release them for flight.
The L-1011 will be returning to Vandenberg. L-1011 now leaving 39,000 as it heads back to Vandenberg
and we will begin to troubleshooting why the pins on the flight control elements did not release.
So that will be the major order of business once the plane gets back.
Also, the fin batteries will have to be replaced, because they only last just about 90 seconds or so...
a little bit more than that. Looking at a shot here of our new Mission Director's Center and our adjacent
launch vehicle data center facilities, which are functioning for this launch and will be up full for the CALIPSO/Cloudsat launch.