{"id":80998,"date":"2013-05-24T21:39:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/technical-problem-delays-delta-iv-military-satellite-launch\/"},"modified":"2013-05-24T21:39:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T13:39:44","slug":"technical-problem-delays-delta-iv-military-satellite-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/technical-problem-delays-delta-iv-military-satellite-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Problem Delays Delta IV Military Satellite Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: United Launch Alliance, Delta IV, Satellite Launch, Military Satellite, Air Force, Boeing, Cape Canaveral<br \/>\nPublication: FloridaToday.com<br \/>\nPublication Date: 05\/24\/2013<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/DeltaIV_WGS5.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>The Mobile Service Tower (MST) is rolled back at Space Launch Complex-37 in preparation for launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force\u2019s fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: United Launch Alliance\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The launch of the next<strong> Boeing<\/strong>-built Wideband Global SATCOM for the U.S. military has been delayed one full day after a technical problem impeded the scheduled liftoff on May 23. The <strong>United Launch Alliance<\/strong> Delta IV rocket is now set for launch at 8:27 p.m. today, May 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch window extends through 8:57 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The initial attempt was called off when a leak from a gaseous helium line could not be identified and fixed in time for launch during the 30-minute window. Gaseous helium is used to purge rocket propulsion systems and keep them properly conditioned for flight.<\/p>\n<p>Weather conditions are expected to be good for today\u2019s launch with an 80 percent chance they will be acceptable for flight.<\/p>\n<p>The $342 million Wideband Global SATCOM is the fifth in a series of new-generation satellites that provide U.S. and allied military forces with high-capacity broadband communications capability. A single Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft provides as much bandwidth as an entire constellation of prior-generation Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" align=\"absMiddle\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/FullStoryArrow.png\">&nbsp;Full story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: United Launch Alliance, Delta IV, Satellite Launch, Military Satellite, Air Force, Boeing, Cape Canaveral Publication: FloridaToday.com Publication Date: 05\/24\/2013 The Mobile Service Tower (MST) is rolled back at Space Launch Complex-37 in preparation for launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force\u2019s fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-5) satellite. Image [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}