And again, just to recap, we called a scrub at T-48 minutes as we were counting down for a
launch that was going to occur this morning at 3:02 a.m. Pacific time.
However, due to a loss of communications between the CALIPSO spacecraft,
which is atop the Delta rocket, lost communications with that spacecraft.
And the French, both the primary and backup comm. lines went down simultaneously. They are mandatory for launch and when we lost those assets,
the CALIPSO spacecraft manager rightfully called a hold, which resulted in our launch scrub for today.
Launch is reset for tomorrow at about the same time, 3:02 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The launch will again be on a Delta II launch vehicle carrying two spacecraft for NASA to study clouds,
CALIPSO and CloudSat. Again, the scrub occurred at about T-48 seconds and counting.
We are in a mode to safe the Delta rocket, to safe the vehicle for a 24-hour recycle scrub turnaround.
We will conclude commentary at this time and return tomorrow at 1 o'clock a.m. Pacific time for resumption of our launch activities.
We anticipate that the comm. link will be resolved. In fact, the word coming in right now is that they have reestablished communications.
There will be some discussions throughout the morning to understand just exactly why the communications
links went down and to assure that will not be the case again tomorrow. Everything continues to look good with the vehicle.
The Boeing Delta II rocket is certainly capable of going through a number of recycles. The spacecraft
have reported that they are healthy again and back on shore power.
So everything looks good as far as our stand-down for today is concerned.
Again, tomorrow's launch window is an instantaneous window.
Delta II will be launching from Launch Complex 2 on north Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
At this point, we will conclude launch commentary, and again, we will return tomorrow morning at 1 a.m.
for launch of the Delta II and the CALIPSO and CloudSat spacecraft. From Vandenberg Air Force Base, this is Delta Launch Control.