"Holds" are built into any countdown, but it's the unexpected holds that get people biting their nails when they know it's past the scheduled time for the rocket to launch. The flight could even be "scrubed" (cancelled), and folk's standing by the shore of the Indian River might not even know it.
space.launch.info is now providing a service to notify people of holds in the countdown, and scrubs if they occur, via SMS (Short Message Service), the text messaging service of your cellular mobile phone.
Companies interested in sponsoring the service should contact Robert Osband by dialing 3-2-1-Liftoff (+1 321 543 8633).
If you'll be along the Indian River or Atlantic Coast
waiting for a launch, sign up for SMS Text Messages
to be sent to your mobile phone with the latest launch
hold, and scrub updates.
The service is free. Your regular
text messaging rates will apply.
You can also register at UPOC.Com and join other text messaging communities as well, or start your own.
Or send a Text Message to 8762
with the text "join launchholds"
SpaceLaunchInfo.Com
endeavours to bring information
on launch holds, and mission scrubs as they happen in
real time. They will be delivered to your Text Messaging
enabled mobile cell phone. Sign up at UPOC.COMNext Launch
May 31, 5:02 PM EDT
- STS-124, International Space Station Construction Flight 1J carrying the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module (JEM-PM) and the Japanese Remote Manipulator system (JEM RMS) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
- Booster: Space Shuttle Discovery
- Launch date: 2008-05-31, 5:02 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
To find out when Holds and Scrubs occur during this launch, have
text messages sent to your mobile phone. Sign up at SpaceLaunchInfo.Com/holds
- GLAST, Gama-ray Large Area Space Telescope
- Booster: Delta II
- Launch date: 2008-06-03, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
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