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ADVISORY TO NEWS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

BAD WEATHER CANCELS DELTA II LAUNCH

OF U.S. AIR FORCE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM SATELLITE

Today's scheduled launch of a McDonnell Douglas Delta II rocket carrying a U.S. Air Force NAVSTAR Block IIR Global Positioning System satellite was scrubbed due to high altitude winds.

The launch has been rescheduled for Friday, Jan. 17. The launch window will open at 11:28 a.m. and close at 11:58 a.m. EST.

There will be satellite coverage of the launch Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. EST, on GALAXY 3, Transponder 15.

GALAXY 3 coordinates: 95 degrees west longitude; uplink frequency, 6225 Mhs; downlink frequency, 4000 Mhs; polarity horizontal.

Jan. 16, 1997

NOTE TO EDITORS: McDonnell Douglas representative Anne Toulouse can be reached via pager (see above) or at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Cocoa Beach, Fla., (407) 783-9222.

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