Official Statement regarding today's Celestis 04 Mission

--- In spacesettlers@y..., "Larry Kellogg" wrote:
> -----
> Official Statement regarding today's Celestis 04 Mission
>
> Despite early indications from all sources of a successful launch,
> OrbView4 did not achieve orbit. We therefore believe the Celestis
> payload has not reached orbit although it likely entered space. We
> are in the process of making final determination of the status of
> Celestis 04. Once we receive more certain information about the
> status of The Odyssey Flight, we will pass this information on to
our
> Celestis 04 family members and post it on our web site.
>
> http://www.celestis.com
> http://www.orbital.com
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> Our Orbital launch today looked like it was on track. Now I see
that
> one military satellite, commercial satellite, and the Celestis
> payload did not reach orbit. The Celestis payload was the launch
of
> ashes of your loved ones departed. Would be nice to know we can
> launch the departed safely before launching those that are still
with
> us. :-<
>
> One step at a time for tourisim.
>
> Watch the launch live on the Internet today. The video can be
viewed
> at the celestis web site.
Sorry about that, looks like the web coverage was only for the live
launch.
Orbital Statement.
http://www.orbital.com/Template.php3?
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