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DUST - Update - March 11, 2005

We came within about 100 seconds of launching but the winds kept gusting around and range safety would not let us go. we had good auroral conditions (i.e., not much aurora and not much expected), relatively clear skies with good lidar data, and a happy rocket, but when the winds are very variable the launcher can not be pointed to compensate for the wind direction.

So, we are still here, and stood down until sunday night because of Chatanika Days. Tune in again on sunday night and we'll see what happens. The aurora is supposed to pick up again on sunday though, so it'll be a race between the weather staying clear and the aurora staying low.