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VOICE: And this is LC. Abort, abort. This is LC on mission freq, abort, abort...Abort, abort, proceed to the abort checklist.

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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.

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(voices speaking in code)

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DILLER: Taking the Pegasus off internal power. The pins could not be retracted that are associated with the steering controls.

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Once again, the launch has been aborted because we were unable to retract the pins associated with the flight controls.

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These are the pins that lock those flight controls into position prior to launch and then release them for flight.

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The L-1011 will be returning to Vandenberg. L-1011 now leaving 39,000 as it heads back to Vandenberg

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and we will begin to troubleshooting why the pins on the flight control elements did not release.

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So that will be the major order of business once the plane gets back.

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Also, the fin batteries will have to be replaced, because they only last just about 90 seconds or so...

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a little bit more than that. Looking at a shot here of our new Mission Director's Center and our adjacent

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launch vehicle data center facilities, which are functioning for this launch and will be up full for the CALIPSO/Cloudsat launch.

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