NAVSTAR II-28 launch - Nov. 4

Tobias, Lynn (tobias@strasys.mdc.com)
4 Nov 1997 14:21:03 U

>From the Boeing "HBinfo" news items:

The Air Force NAVSTAR II-28 launch has been moved up to Tuesday, Nov. 4. 

This launch is an all-Boeing event. Both the payload and the Delta II rocket
were built by Boeing. The payload, a NAVSTAR II-28 satellite, was designed and
built by Boeing in Seal Beach. The Delta II will lift off from Cape Canaveral
Air Station, Fla. The 29-minute launch window opens at 4:12 P.M. PST (7:12 p.m.
EST).
	
For launch status, please call the Delta II 24-Hour Launch Information Hot Line
at (714) 896-4770.  
>> Today's message states a launch time of 7:21 EST (00:21 UTC on 5 Nov) for
NAVSTAR, and the 7 Nov launch of 5 more Iridiums from Vandenberg at 17:40:02 PST
(01:40:02 UTC on 8 Nov).  For Vandenberg launch observers, their hotline
(805-734-8232 x6-1857) reports a Peacekeeper launch scheduled for Wed., 5 Nov at
13:01 PST with a 6 hour window.

Lynn Tobias