There's an Atlas V launch this morning, scheduled for 11:18 AM EDT. I may go out and look if it hasn't clouded up down here--we're expecting a lot of rain in south Florida this afternoon (and tomorrow, and into the weekend).

[Update a few minutes before scheduled launch]

Flight's been delayed four minutes, to 11:22, to resolve some (almost literally) last-minute issues. Unfortunately it's clouding up here, so I don't think I'll see it.

[Update at 11:19 AM]

Range just went red. Launch has been rescheduled for 11:45. I guess they don't have a tight window on it. There's not much info available on the orbit or constraints--the payloads are classified.

[Update at 11:38 AM]

Apparently, they have until noon, and then they'll have to push it to tomorrow. The weather's supposed to be even worse tomorrow, at least down here, though it may be all right up at the Cape.

[Update a minute later]

Scrubbed for today.

Googled about for "NRO L-30" and came you with this bit:

"Secret National Reconnaissance Office dual satellite ocean surveillance mission to track potential terrorist movements at sea and Chinese and Iranian ship tactics is being readied for liftoff June 14 here on an Atlas V, say intelligence sources."

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1208

I knew that, but it doesn't tell me what the orbital parameters are, or how long their launch window is. If it were sun-synch, though, it would be going out of Vandenberg, not the Cape.

Just think, that could have been carrying a manned capsule...