Hi All: See-Sat members in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico might find this of interest Regards, Brian Webb, KD6NRP ------------ The first Vandenberg AFB dusk launch in nearly three years is slated for Thursday, September 22. The Minotaur booster is scheduled to lift- off from south Vandenberg at 19:24 PDT (02:24 UTC), the start of a 16-minute launch window. Several minutes later, the rocket will place the Streak satellite into orbit for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. As seen from Santa Barbara, California, lift-off occurs 29 minutes after sunset. The Minotaur is expected to climb into sunlight during the second stage burn at about T+78 seconds. The exhaust plume will be illuminated by the sun and may create a nice display visible across a large part of the Southwest and western Mexico. The launch may be visible until nearly T+13 minutes. For information on launch viewing and photography, refer to: www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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