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Launch of Wideband Global Satcom is scheduled on March 13

Cape Canaveral, Usa - The mission slipped from April 2008 due to some technical problems

On March 13 the U.S. Air Force's second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft will be lunched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled from Space Launch Complex 41 during a 38-minute launch window from 9:25 p.m. to 10:03 in the evening, local time. The satellite is likely to be operational by September 2009. This launch was scheduled in April 2008. But due to some...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1100663
Rome, Italy, 03/05/2009 16:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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