Delta Launch Set for Thursday from Cape Canaveral

Submitted by Anonymous on October 3, 2012 - 6:46pm

Those along Floridas Space Coast, and northern parts of the Treasure Coast, may get to see the nations newest GPS satellite launched by a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket from Cape Canaveral Thursday morning.

The satellite is one of 12 that Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force.

The 206-foot-tall rocket has a 19-minute launch window starting at 8:10 a.m.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the launch has a 60 percent chance of favorable weather.

The launch precedes a planned Sunday night launch of the third Dragon spacecraft by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The Dragon C3, being built to fly private resupply missions to the International Space Station, is scheduled to go up at 8:34 p.m.

The mission will demonstrate the rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station.

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