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To: Westlander

spaceflightnow.com

1615 GMT (12:15 p.m. EDT)

T+plus 10 minutes, 31 seconds. SECO 1. The second stage engine cutoff has occurred, completing the motor’s first firing of the day. The Delta 2 rocket with GLAST has arrived in a preliminary orbit around Earth following launch today from Cape Canaveral. The vehicle will coast for about an hour before the second stage is re-ignited.


They have an orbit, but they need to circularize.


164 posted on 06/11/2008 9:20:31 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto all beers)
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To: RightWhale

I’ll let you know from my NASA connection in a day from now how things are actually going.


165 posted on 06/11/2008 9:33:58 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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