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Julie Payette's Journal

Launch delayed by 24 hours
July 11, 2009

Hello friends,

We have just been notified that there will be no launch attempt tonight. Next attempt is Sunday, July 12th at 7:13 p.m.

The reason for the scrub is that the orbiter was hit by lightning yesterday afternoon and the technical teams did not have time to perform all the re-testing necessary to clear the vehicle for launch.

If necessary, we will have three attempts in a row: July 12, 13 and 14.

The good news is that weather is improving for a launch attempt on Sunday...

Hope some of you can stay!

Julie