T-4 Minutes and Holding

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's TDRS-M spacecraft awaits launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station — The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s TDRS-M spacecraft awaits launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image credit: NASA TV

Countdown clocks are holding at the T-4 minute mark. This is a planned hold scheduled to last 15 minutes.

In his briefing to the launch team just minutes ago, Launch Weather Officer Clay Flinn with the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron reported light winds and temperatures in the low 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Weather remains projected to be 90 percent “go” at launch time, 8:03 a.m. EDT.

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