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WAWalsh
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From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
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posted 04-03-2002 10:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for WAWalsh   Click Here to Email WAWalsh     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
With all of the secracy surrounding the actual launch time for Thursday's liftoff, it is interesting to note that Spaceflight Now has had engine ignition set at 5:15:53 EST since at least yesterday.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-03-2002 10:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As is probably now old news -- Spaceflight Now was incorrect. The optimal time for tomorrow's launch attempt is 5:13pm.

From the NASA release:

"The planar launch window extends from 5:07:52 - 5:17:50 p.m. EST with the
preferred launch time for a flight day three rendezvous beginning at 5:12:51
p.m. The launch window times will be updated to coincide with the latest
orbital position of the Space Station and will be announced at the T-9 minute
hold."

All times are CT (US)

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