ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp ^ | 2003 January 10 (Friday) 07:20 PST | Brian Webb, KD6NRP

[WSGilcrest]

ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Brian Webb, KD6NRP Ventura County, California E-mail: kd6nrp@earthlink.net Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp

2003 January 10 (Friday) 07:20 PST ----------------------------------------------------------------------

SATURDAY ROCKET LAUNCH

A Delta II rocket with two scientific satellites is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB tomorrow (Saturday January 11th). Lift-off is set for 16:45 PST, the start of a 45-minute launch window. If all goes well the ICESat and CHIPSat satellites will be placed into orbit.

At lift-off the Sun will be above the horizon for observers in most of California. However, this will be an evening twilight launch for Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

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COUNTDOWN STATUS

The best source of countdown status for the Delta II/ICESat/CHIPSat launch is the Spaceflight Now web site. Space journalist Justin Ray is now providing current countdown status on a web page devoted to this launch. Point your browser to:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d294/status.html

On launch day, this page will be updated frequently beginning at about T-1 hour. Be sure to regularly hit the refresh button on your browser to see the latest information.

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[WSGilcrest]

ping

[stanz]

Anything specific about the nature of the data gathering?

[Inspectorette]

Try this website:

http://www.santamariatimes.com/display/inn_news/news06.txt

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[stanz]

Thanks. Am I missing something or has this launch been downplayed in the media?

[B-bone]

Cool, thanks for the heads up.

These dusk launches are always spectacular.
Worth the look if you are near So. Cal.

[Inspectorette]

Maybe not a biggie in the national media, but it's been hyped fairly well here in the Vandenberg area. Local TV and radio stations as well as newspapers have covered it pretty extensively.

[RightWhale]

has this launch been downplayed in the media?

These CHIPsats are small satellites. New technology, experimental. Delta 2 isn't all that large, either. Should be a good show, but nothing like Titan IV.

[Mark]

Isn't there some way that Gray Davis can tax all viewers-- an entertainment tax?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bump!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Are you keeping a ping list?

If so, I would like to be on it!

[WSGilcrest]

I hadn't thought of starting a ping list. (I'd probably mess it up.) There is an address in the thread (somewhere) to get on the launch alert email list though.

[WSGilcrest]

http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert