Yesterday's launch window was missed again due to a minor glitch that surfaced with the Pegasus rocket but it now seems everything is sorted out. A new attempt will be made today.
From NASA's Swift blog:
After takeoff of the L-1011 aircraft carrying the Pegasus XL, a launch vehicle issue temporarily prevented teams from deploying the rocket.
The launch of Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft LINK, designed to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, is now targeting no earlier than 8:35 p.m. UTC+12 (4:35 a.m. EDT), Friday, July 3, on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket from Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
From Space.com:
This is the final flight of the historic Pegasus rocket.
An air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket will soon fly for the very last time, sending a private spacecraft on a rescue mission to save one of NASA's most iconic space telescopes from falling back to Earth.
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