NASA Targets GLAST Launch for June 5

May 29, 2008

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
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George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
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Rob Gutro
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-4044
robert.j.gutro@xxxxxxxx

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-110

NASA TARGETS GLAST LAUNCH FOR JUNE 5

WASHINGTON -- The launch of NASA's GLAST spacecraft aboard a United
Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Thursday, June 5.
The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and
remains unchanged through Aug. 7.

The June 5 date already is reserved for the launch of GLAST on the
Eastern Range. The date was chosen at the conclusion of Thursday's
Flight Readiness Review to give the launch team sufficient time to
make sure remaining open engineering issues are resolved.

The GLAST prelaunch news conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 3, at the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center,
Fla. Question and answer capability will be available from
participating NASA locations.

The placement of remote cameras at Pad 17-B is scheduled for 1 p.m.
on
Wednesday, June 4. On launch day, news media should meet at 10:30
a.m. at the Space Florida parking lot outside Gate 1 of Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station.

Launch commentary on NASA Television (media channel 103) will begin
at
9:45 a.m. For complete NASA TV downlink information, schedules and
links to streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the GLAST mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/glast


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