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Final Titan II launches from Vandenberg by Staff Sgt. Rebecca Danét 30th Space Wing Public Affairs 10/20/2003 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- The Air Force's 13th and final Titan II rocket launched a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payload from here Oct. 18 at 9:17 a.m. The launch took place following two recent delays. The mission was delayed Oct. 15 when an air-conditioning duct became detached from the booster's payload fairing. The fairing surrounds the satellite atop the rocket. The duct is required to maintain environmental conditions for the satellite before launch. It was delayed again Oct. 16...

MISSILE LAUNCH WEDNESDAY A Titan II missile is scheduled for launch this Wednesday morning from Vandenberg AFB. The vehicle is slated to leave SLC-4W at south base at 09:17 PDT, the start of a 10-minute launch window. Several minutes later the Titan will place a DMSP military weather satellite into a low altitude polar orbit selected to give the spacecraft's sensors global coverage. For up-to-date countdown status and further information regarding this launch, go to the Spaceflight Now web site at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/titan/g9/status.html http://www.spaceflightnow.com/titan/g9/031012saga.html http://www.spaceflightnow.com/titan/g9/031010ascent.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITAN II SET TO LAUNCH Vandenberg AFB News Release (Vandenberg AFB, OCT 10) The era...

SUNDAY VANDENBERG LAUNCH After several delays, the Air Force will make another attempt on Sunday to launch the Coriolis military R&D satellite. A Titan II booster carrying the spacecraft is set to lift-off from Vandenberg AFB tomorrow morning at 06:18 PST, the start of a 15-minute launch window. Following lift-off, the refurbished strategic missile will begin heading southward. Several minutes later the Titan will place Coriolis into an egg-shaped orbit that circles the Earth's poles. Since launch is set for morning twilight, a nice visual display might occur as the vehicle emerges from the Earth's shadow and sunlight reflects off...

ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Brian Webb, KD6NRP Ventura County, California E-mail: kd6nrp@earthlink.net Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp 2002 December 18 (Wednesday) 05:45 PST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCH POSTPONED This morning's Titan II launch from Vandenberg AFB has been cancelled because of a problem with the spacecraft. Launch is now set for January 7th. _______________________________________________ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this newsletter, go to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Questions and comments regarding this newsletter and editorial contributions should be directed to kd6nrp@earthlink.net