GLAST Telescope Prepare to Launch

The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance
Delta II rocket is slated for Wednesday, June 11, during a window that extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT.

Workers at the launch pad loaded the hypergolic propellants into the Delta II rocket's second stage over the weekend. On launch day, they will retract the mobile service tower from around the rocket at 2 a.m. Loading of the liquid oxygen, beginning the final phase of the launch countdown, is set to start at 10:15 a.m.

Credit: JPL

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