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[b]90 Percent 'Go' Forecast for CRS-7[/b] Weather forecasters from the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron are predicting a 90 percent chance of favorable weather at the scheduled time for launch of SpaceX CRS-7. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted for 10:21 a.m. EDT (1421 GMT) on Sunday, June 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Launch coverage on NASA Television will begin at 9 a.m. EDT. A Sunday launch will result in the Dragon spacecraft arriving at the space station on Tuesday, June 30. Expedition 44 flight engineer Scott Kelly will use the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and capture Dragon at about 7 a.m. EDT. Station commander Gennady Padalka will support Kelly as they operate from the station's cupola. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and grapple of Dragon will begin at 5:30 a.m. EDT. Coverage of Dragon's installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT. If the launch does not occur on Sunday, the next launch opportunity would be at 9:58 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 29, resulting in a grapple and berthing on Thursday, July 2.
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