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RE: WorldView I satellite

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All systems are go.

The launch is on schedule for a 18:35 GMT Liftoff

-- Edited by Blobrana at 20:01, 2007-09-18

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T-minus 4 minutes and holding.

Weather conditions are good

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T-minus 10 minutes and counting.

The first stage kerosene fuel tank is being pressurised
The launch is on schedule for a 18:35 GMT Liftoff

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Poll call

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L minus 1 hour

The launch is on schedule for 18:35 GMT Liftoff

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T minus 30 minutes

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All systems are green for launch.
Weather conditions are good for launch

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LOX loading nearly complete.

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The WorldView-1 satellite is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, September 18, 2007, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-1 is the first of two new next-generation satellites DigitalGlobe, a leader in the global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information market, plans to launch. Boeing Launch Services has been contracted to provide the end-to-end launch services for DigitalGlobe.

WorldView-1 Launch Webcast

(Windows media player)

Source Boeing