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Weather Again Scrubs NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO Launch

 

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., April 27, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — The launch of NASA's CloudSat and CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., was scrubbed again on Wednesday morning at 4:24 a.m. EDT due to thick clouds.

 

NASA said launch has been rescheduled for today, Thursday, April 27, at 6:02:37 a.m. EDT.

 

The weather is expected to improve for a Thursday morning launch attempt. The current forecast calls for an 80 percent probability of acceptable weather conditions.

 

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