Launch Advisory:
DELTA/FUSE LAUNCH POSTPONED 24 HOURS

The launch of NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket scheduled for June 23 has been postponed 24 hours. It has been difficult to maintain the schedule of work at the launch pad due to thunderstorms which have prevailed in the Cape Canaveral vicinity this past weekend. Launch has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 24. The launch window is unchanged and extends from 11:39 a.m. to 12:07 p.m.

The prelaunch news conference has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 23 at 2 p.m. and will be carried live on NASA Television. For photographers, remote camera placement at Pad 17-A has also been rescheduled for Wednesday with departure from the NASA News Center at 11 a.m.

In support of L-1 day activities, the Pass & Identification Building for the news media at Gate 2 on State Road 3, Merritt Island will be open on Wednesday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for media accreditation.

On launch day, June 24, media will depart from the parking lot of the Gate 1 Pass & Identification building on Cape Canaveral Air Station at 10:30 a.m. for Press Site 1. Press badges can be obtained beginning at 10 a.m. A Delta/FUSE mission press badge is required for all media covering the launch from Press Site 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Station.

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