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Poor Weather Delays Orbital ATK, ULA Mission A Second Time; Trying Again Dec. 5

Pat Host

Friday, December 4th, 2015

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Poor Weather Delays Orbital ATK, ULA Mission A Second Time; Trying Again Dec. 5

ULA's Atlas V rolls out to the Cape Canaveral launchpad in preparation for Orbital ATK's Dec. 3 Cargo Resupply Services Mission. Photo: ULA.

Poor weather on Friday, this time gusty winds, forced Orbital ATK [OA] and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to delay their NASA Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) a second time.The two parties will try again December 5. Company spokeswoman Sean Wilson on Friday said the launch window would open around 5 p.m. EST. NASA said Friday there was a 30 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for the December 5 launch.Launch is scheduled to take…

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