Tonight (10-24) a Delta II rocket (7420 configuration) is scheduled to
launch the COSMO-3 satellite for the Italian Space Agency from SLC-2W,
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Launch attempt is scheduled 10:28 p.m. EDT.

Satellite separation is scheduled for 58 minutes after launch.

COSMO-3 (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin
Observation), built by Thales Alenia Space Italia for the Italian Space
Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence, consists of four
medium-sized satellites designed to offer both civilian and military use
of an Earth-watching X-band Syntetic Aperture Radar instrument.

Satellite Broadcast Coordinates:

AMC-16 @ 85°W Transponder 22 Ku (12140 H)

Audio: Channel 1 English; Channel 2 Italian

Test signal starts around at 9:45 p.m. EDT.

Coverage is expected to start about 10:10 p.m. EDT.

Webcast of launch available:

Visit

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/cosmo-3/

Additional coverage at:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d336/status.html
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html

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