Orbital continues tests on the vector Antares ahead of the first launch of Cygnus Cygnus postponed

The launch, originally scheduled for December 19, 2013, had been delayed because washing machine of the failure of a pump in the cooling circuit of the ISS that had forced American NASA astronauts washing machine Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, currently members of Expedition 38 aboard the International Space Station International, two extra-vehicular activities outside the program to solve the problem.
Complete the activity of verifying the operation of the new pump in the cooling circuit of the ISS, the crew of Expedition 38 can now face the delicate operations of capture and engagement, using the robotic arm Canadarm2, the Cygnus cargo capsule, washing machine carrying 1,465 kg of material destined for the International Space Station, the first refueling mission performed by Orbital in the program Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) on behalf of NASA.
In view of this mission, called CRS-1 Orb, Orbital technicians will perform tomorrow January 3, 2013 re-engagement with the carrier Cygnus Antares, washing machine also built by Orbital washing machine Sciences Corp. and intended to enter into low Earth orbit the capsule cargo with destination the International Space Station.
On the 4th of January, the carrier washing machine will be moved from the plant complete assembly of Orbital, at the base of Wallops Island, Virginia, close to the launch pad 0A Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), where it will be placed in vertical washing machine and prepared for phases tankage with liquid oxygen and kerosene (LOx-Rp1), washing machine the liquid fuels of the first stage of the Antares rocket.
With an update on the news page of the Orb-1 mission, Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that, in accordance with the engineers of NASA, the launch washing machine has been postponed to the day January 8, 2014 with a possibility of referring also to 9 January.
For the day January 8, 2014, the launch window opens in just 5 minutes to 13:32 local time on the east coast of the United States of America (18:32 GMT, 19:32 Italian time), while for the 9 day will open at 13:10 local time ( 18:10 GMT, 19:10 Italian time).
In each case the carrier with the capsule Antares Cygnus will be brought on the launch pad tomorrow January 4, 2014, given that it is supposed that Sunday is still possible to operate the lifting of the rocket and the connection with the ground services.
Yesterday, January 7, 2014 Orbital and engineers at NASA have conducted a review of the preparation of the Antares rocket at the launch of the mission Orb-1 (Launch Readiness Review washing machine - LRR) and gave him "doing well" for the launch today.
The launch window will open for 5 minutes at 13:32 Eastern time in the USA (18:32 UTC, 19:32 Italian time) and the weather washing machine forecast for that hour on the area of Wallops Island in Virginia give a percentage of 95% of favorable conditions to launch.
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