Delta launch from California tonight / Shuttle Discovery readied

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DELTA 2 ROCKET LAUNCH RESET FOR TONIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA
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Making its one and only launch of the year, the venerable Delta 2 rocket
was planning a Halloween launch Sunday night from California to complete
an orbiting quartet of Italian reconnaissance satellites. But liftoff was
postponed 24 hours due to a heater problem. Liftoff is reset for tonight
at 7:20 p.m. PDT (10:20 p.m. EDT).

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d350/status.html


DISCOVERY PRONOUNCED IN GOOD SHAPE FOR LAUNCH
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NASA managers met Monday to review the shuttle Discovery's readiness for
flight and unanimously agreed to press ahead with launch Wednesday,
weather permitting, on a voyage to the International Space Station. It
will be Discovery's 39th and final mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/101101mmt/

REVISED STS-133 MISSION FLIGHT PLAN:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/fdf/133flightplan.html


LIVE LAUNCH WEBCAST
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Join Miles O'Brien, David Waters and Leroy Chiao for our live webcast from
Kennedy Space Center of Discovery's liftoff starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT
(1530 GMT) on Wednesday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/status.html


COUNTDOWN CLOCKS BEGIN TICKING FOR DISCOVERY
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Having resolved helium and nitrogen leaks, space shuttle Discovery's final
launch countdown started Sunday afternoon at Kennedy Space Center's
Complex 39. Liftoff is targeted for Wednesday at 3:52 p.m. EDT (1752 GMT).

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/101031count/


COSMONAUT FLIES RESUPPLY SHIP TO STATION DOCKING
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For the 40th time in the past decade, a Russian cargo freighter has
arrived at the International Space Station carrying vital supplies to feed
the needs of the orbiting laboratory and its resident crews. But this
docking required the intervention by one of the most experienced
cosmonauts.

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp25/101030prog40p/


CHINA DEPLOYS ANOTHER NAVIGATION SATELLITE TO ORBIT
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China launched its sixth Beidou navigation satellite Sunday, reaching
another step in a program to provide precise positioning services across
the Asia-Pacific region by 2012.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1011/01beidou/


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