[meteorite-list] OT ALERT: Delta 4 launch from VAFB in a little over 2 hours!

From: Art <blurtheline_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 28 10:25:56 2006
Message-ID: <998a6e0f0606280725k10fee35fl868163cb9d0fdf46_at_mail.gmail.com>

Good Morning List;

Thanks also to Rob for alerting us to this. I caught his email as I
headed out of the house to a "concert by the bay" here in San Diego at
Seaport Village. It was an amazing to see the rocket speeding across
the sky as Radiohead played! The venue was setup so that the crowd was
facing northwest, so everyone had a perfect view as the Delta arced
across the sky, became faint, then glowed again with the 2nd stage
firing. Awesome!

Regards, Art


On 6/27/06, Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> For those who live in the southwest U.S. and aren't already aware of
> it, a Delta 4 Medium+ carrying NRO payload NROL-22 is scheduled to
> launch out of Vandenberg at 8:14pm PDT this evening -- a little over
> 2 hours from now. This is the first launch of a Delta 4 out of
> California. Since the payload is going into a Molniya-type orbit,
> the launch direction is to the south-southeast -- perfect for viewing
> from southern California. The launch may also be visible from
> Nevada and Arizona.
>
> The timing is excellent for backlighting of the exhaust plume since
> the sun will set (in SoCal) shortly before launch. Skies will of
> course be darker for those in Arizona and Nevada, so I expect a
> large number of "meteor" and/or "UFO" sightings this evening.
>
> --Rob
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Received on Wed 28 Jun 2006 10:25:53 AM PDT