Antares Launched Postponed Another Day
Orbital Antares Launch Postponed to July 13, Orbital
“Orbital announced this morning that the launch of the Antares rocket for the Orb-2 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station for NASA has been rescheduled for Sunday, July 13 at 12:52 p.m. EDT.
Over the past several days, Orbital’s launch team has made great progress in preparing the rocket for the Orb-2 mission, which will be the fourth flight of Antares in the past 15 months.
However, severe weather in the Wallops area has repeatedly interrupted the team’s normal operational schedule leading up to the launch. As a result, these activities have taken longer than expected.”
Hey, the barrier islands of Virginia have worse average weather than the southern coast of Florida. That’s going to make for more frequent weather delays for Orbital than for those launching from Canaveral. No big deal.