Weather scrubs Delta launch / Experiments plucked from Japanese cargo ship

        NEWSALERT: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 1952 GMT
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WEATHER SCRUBS DELTA LAUNCH OF MISSILE DEFENSE SATELLITES
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Inclement weather moving ashore from the Atlantic Ocean has forced today's
launch of the Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral to be postponed. The next
launch opportunity will be tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. EDT.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d344/status.html


EXPERIMENTS PLUCKED FROM JAPANESE CARGO SHIP
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NASA has decided to move up the first test launch of its new Ares 1 rocket
by four days to Oct. 27, the agency announced Tuesday. The flight will
give engineers early data on the booster's aerodynamic characteristics.

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/status.html


OCEAN STUDIES SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY INDIAN ROCKET
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A new spacecraft dedicated to studying the Earth's oceans was shot into
orbit aboard an Indian rocket early Wednesday, marking the country's 20th
successful satellite delivery mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/23pslv/

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