For the second time in three days, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-3 (WGS-3) satellite sits poised on its Space Launch Complex-37 launch pad ready for flight.  The WGS-3 mission is set to launch at 7:23 p.m. EST with its launch window stretching until 8:47 p.m.  The WGS-3 mission is the third installment of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system. The WGS satellites are important elements of a new high-capacity satellite communications system providing enhanced communications capabilities to America’s troops in the field for the next decade and beyond.

(Photo by Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance)

Schedule (ALL TIMES EASTERN STANDARD TIME):

• Bars and Tone: 6:30 p.m.
• Disclaimer: 6:57 p.m.
• Broadcast Open: 6:58 p.m.
• Launch Window: 7:23 – 8:47 p.m.
• Broadcast Close: 9:30 p.m.

  Coordinates

• Carrier: PanAmSat
• Satellite: Galaxy 16
• Transponder: 08
• Band: C-Band
• Bandwidth: 36 MHz
• Orbital Position: 99 Degrees West
• Downlink Frequency: 3860 MHz Vertical
• Audio Subcarrier: 6.2 & 6.8 Dual Mono