OA-4 mission scrubbed second time due to high ground winds
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Launch controllers attempted valiantly to get a ULA Atlas V rocket off of the pad and into the skies, but ground level winds would not play ball. The venerable booster and its payload of Orbital ATK’s OA-4 “SS Deke Slayton II” Cygnus spacecraft were slated to launch to the ISS – that flight is now scheduled for Dec. 5, 2015, with the launch window opening at 5:10 p.m. EST (22:10 GMT).
Winds tomorrow do not bode well for a launch with winds predicted to be at 23–30 miles-per-hour.
For more information about the OA-4 mission: SS Deke Slayton II
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