[meteorite-list] OT: Minuteman III launch tonite!

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:28 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4E3AD_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

Sorry for the late notice, but maybe some of you in the southwest
will get this in time. There will be a Minuteman III launch
this evening out of Vandenberg. The launch window opens at
6:01pm PDT, and they usually launch on time (unfortunately, since
it will still be daylight here in SoCal). If the launch is
delayed an hour, it will be much more spectacular for us in
southern California due to backlighting of the exhaust plume.
But even if they launch on time, there should be some residual
exhaust at high altitude, making for a nice sunset.

For those in Arizona and Nevada, the lighting should be better
since the sun will be lower at launch time. If you see colorful
squiggly contrails in the west at sunset, you'll know the launch
has occurred. --Rob
Received on Thu 19 Sep 2002 08:23:50 PM PDT