[Launch Alert] Vandenberg Launch Next Friday
Brian Webb
[email protected]
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:17:26 -0500
ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Brian Webb, KD6NRP
Ventura County, California
[email protected]
http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp
2002 February 2 (Saturday) 14:15 PST
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Vandenberg Launch Next Friday
A Delta II missile is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB on
February 8. The Delta is set to lift-off from Space Launch Complex 2-
West at 10:00:30 PST, the start of a 5-second launch window.
Immediately after launch, the vehicle will begin heading southward and
place five Iridium commercial communications satellites into polar
orbit.