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RE: STSS Demo

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STSS-DEMO: SCRUB

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Delta II to attempt launch again Friday
NASA will try again Friday to launch a pair of missile-defence satellites after heavy clouds prompted managers to abort the first attempt Wednesday morning.

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Ed ~ The launch window extends from 12:00 to 13:00 GMT, 25th September, 2009.

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Bad weather scrubs Delta II launch of missile defence satellites
Heavy clouds and storms rolling in off the Atlantic Ocean scrubbed the launch Wednesday of a Delta II rocket launch carrying two experimental missile-tracking satellites that can track enemy missile attacks.
The satellites, called STSS Demo, or Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstrators, are supposed to test cutting edge technologies that can track incoming missiles earlier in flight to allow interceptors to destroy them

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Todays launch was scrubbed due to bad weather conditions at the launch site.
Another launch attempt is scheduled for 12:00 GMT , 24th September, 2009.

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Weather 50-50 for Wednesday Delta II Launch
The latest forecast from the Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron shows a 50-50 chance of acceptable launch conditions, with the remnants of Hurricane Fred possibly pushing clouds and showers into the area.

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Delta II Defence Department Launch Rescheduled for Sept. 23
To accommodate spacecraft readiness, launch of the Missile Defence Agency's Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstration mission, or STSS Demo, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 23, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window opens at 8 a.m. EDT and is one hour long.

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A ULA Delta II rocket in a 7920-10 vehicle configuration is scheduled to launch the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Demonstrators mission for the Missile Defence Agency, from SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 12:00 GMT, 23rd September, 2009.
There is a 1 hour launch window.

The ballistic Missile Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS 1, STSS 2, Block 2006) will test long- and short-wave infrared tracking sensors, and operate from low earth orbit to augment the geosynchronous Defence satellites.