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	Hurricane Isidore No Threat to Florida's Space Coast By Jim Banke Senior Producer, Cape Canaveral Bureau posted: 10:00 am ET 20 September 2002

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Packing winds of 105 mph, Hurricane Isidore is expected to wreak havoc on the western end of Cuba during the next 24 hours.

But thanks to the storm's generally northwestward track, Isidore is not expected to be a concern at the Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Workers at the Canaveral Spaceport were told Friday not to worry about Hurricane Isidore this weekend. No storm preparations have been ordered, officials said.

At KSC, shuttle Atlantis is expected to remain at launch pad 39B, where it is being readied for an Oct. 2 launch on an 11-day assembly mission to the International Space Station.

Down the coast at the air station, a Boeing Delta 4 is stacked at complex 37 for a commercial satellite delivery mission on Nov. 3. And at the southern end of the base a Delta 2 is being readied for launch from complex 17, although no date has been set.

Neither of the unmanned boosters has to be moved off their pads.

The forecast for Florida's Space Coast this weekend indicates typical late summer weather of partly cloudy skies and a chance of afternoon thunderstorms.

According to the 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) statement from the National Hurricane Center, Isidore was near the island of Youth and heading for the extreme western end of Cuba. Sustained winds at the storm's center were near 105 mph and Isidore was moving to the northwest at 8 mph.

A hurricane warning remains in effect for western Cuban and a tropical storm watch remains in effect for the lower Florida Keys west of the Seven-Mile-Bridge. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area during the next 36 hours.

A hurricane watch may be required for the northeastern portion of the Yucatan peninsula later today, the statement said.

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