Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 forecast a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for an Artemis I launch attempt during a two-hour window that opens at 2:17 p.m. EDT (11:17 a.m. PDT) on Saturday, September 3. Although rain showers are expected in the area, they ar
Engineers are implementing plans approved at Tuesday’s
to address issues that arose during a launch attempt on August 29. The mission management team will reconvene on Thursday, September 1 to review data and overall readiness. After that,for launch is scheduled to resume Saturday at 4:37 a.m., at the L-9 hour, 40 minutes planned hold in the countdown. This is the point where managers receive a weather briefing and conduct a poll on whether to proceed with propellant loading operations.
On Saturday, live coverage of tanking operations with commentary on NASA TV will begin at 5:45 a.m. EDT. Full launch coverage in English will begin at 12:15 p.m.
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