Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Shuttle Count Continues At 0130 UTC
With an hour to go before the middle of tonight's launch window, the weather has been cleared of any constraints on the Eastern Test Range or landing sites. At this time, about an hour before launch, the count continues. This is the first night launch since return to flight, and should be pretty spectacular if it goes.