Pegasus launch of NASA satellites set for Thursday

The weather forecast is much better than it was Monday, with an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions. A planned launch attempt on Wednesday was postponed after the spacecraft team uncovered a software issue during testing on Tuesday. Updated "flight data parameters" have been loaded into the microsatellites. The testing on Tuesday followed a scrubbed launch try on Monday due to a problem with the hydraulic system that releases the Pegasus from the L-1011 aircraft. That scrub may have been fortuitous, allowing time to spot the software problem before the microsatellites were put in space. More

(Source: Florida Today - Dec 15)