The stormy weather could do other postponing the release of Delta 4 by a day. A day late than the scheduled date, United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket was successfully launched and it boosted a new Geostationary (GEOS) weather satellite into the space this Saturday.

This would now serve as an orbital spare for the hurricane tracking weather sentinels from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The launch occurred at 6.51 p.m at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This was the 10th flight of the Delta 4 rocket since 2002 and it is also the second of the three main launchings that were planned for the current year.

Earlier a launch was scheduled on Friday, which was called off due to the thunderstorms and the electrical activity near the launch bed at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Even on Saturday the forecast was pretty much the same and it was also predicted a 70% chance of launch delay. After these initial hick ups the launch was successfully carried out after some 37 minutes delay.

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