| Session 6 | 
|  | Space Vehicle Operations Support (Parallel with Session 5) | 
|  | Organizer: Billie F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL 
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|  | 8:00 AM | 6.1 | Weather Support To Range Safety For Forecasting Atmospheric Sonic Propagation Billie F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. E. Harms, P. N. Rosati, C. R. Parks, and K. B. Overbeck
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|  | 8:20 AM | 6.2 | Weather support to the NASA Deep Space Network G. Wayne Baggett, NOAA/NWS/Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX; and S. D. Slobin
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|  | 8:40 AM | 6.3 | Return-To-Launch-Site abort landing weather: impact upon launch availability Tim Garner, NOAA/NWS/Spaceflight Meteorology Group, Houston, TX
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|  | 9:00 AM | 6.4 | KSC ABFM 2000–A field program to facilitate safe relaxation of the lightning launch Commit criteria for America's space program Francis J. Merceret, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL; and H. Christian
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|  | 9:20 AM | 6.5 | Hurricane Properties for KSC and Mid-Florida Coastal Sites D. L. Johnson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. A. Rawlins
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|  | 9:40 AM | 6.6 | A Characterization of the Terrestrial Environment of Kodiak, Alaska for the Design Development, and Operation of Launch Vehicles Michael A. Rawlins, Raytheon ITSS/MSFC Group, Huntsville, AL; and D. L. Johnson and G. W. Batts
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