CubeSat launch postponed

The launch of 3 cubesats carrying Amateur Radio payloads, originally scheduled for May 5, has been postponed due to weather conditions.

Wouter PA3WEG has posted the following information to the AMSAT Bulletin Board:

Hi all,

The launch is postponed as can be seen on
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/xml/status.html
and on
http://twitter.com/NASA_Wallops

Quote
" Posted by RCC on 2009-05-05 at 21:06:18 EDT

We have decided not to try a launch attempt tomorrow, May 6. The next launch attempt will be Thursday, May 7 with a launch window of 8 to 11p.m. "

The launch is delayed because of the weather.

So the new window is at May 7 2009 8-11pm EDT which is May 8 00:00 - 02:00 UTC (midnight following on May 7th in Europe)

73s

Wouter PA3WEG

AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB
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Three Amateur Radio CubeSats launch today
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2009/
3_cubesats_launch.htm