Atlas 5 rocket launch delayed by 5 days An Atlas 5 rocket that is in line to be the second of back-to-back daylight missions from Vandenberg Air Force Base this month has been delayed five days. Instead of blasting off Tuesday, Oct. 13, the mission is targeting a liftoff on Sunday, Oct. 18, according to military officials.
The second in a series of commercial Earth-imaging satellites is perched inside a Delta 2 rocket awaiting liftoff Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The United Launch Alliance rocket carrying the WorldView-2 satellite is scheduled for launch between 11:38 and 11:52 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-2.
A Delta II rocket is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-2 here, between 11:37 a.m. and 11:51 a.m. Thursday. The rocket will carry WorldView-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite, into polar orbit.
A ULA Delta 2 rocket in a 7920 launch configuration, is scheduled to launch the WorldView-2 satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 18:38 GMT, 8th October, 2009. The launch window is 15 minutes.
Colorado image-provider DigitalGlobe's satellite launch delayed Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. says the launch of its new satellite has been pushed back because of a delay in the launch of another mission in line before it.
DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 satellite shipped to launch site Satellite-imagery company DigitalGlobe Inc. said Thursday its WorldView-2 satellite has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a planned Oct. 6 launch.