[Launch Alert] Saturday Launch

Thu, 2 May 2002 22:40:27 -0400

	     ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

			 Brian Webb, KD6NRP
		     Ventura County, California
		    E-mail: [email protected]
	      Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp

				       2002 May 2 (Thursday) 19:40 PDT
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			SATURDAY MISSILE LAUNCH

A Delta II missile carrying a NASA scientific satellite is scheduled
for launch this Saturday from Vandenberg AFB. The Delta is slated to
lift-off from Space Launch Complex 2-West at 02:54:58 PDT, the start
of a 10-minute launch window. If all goes according to plan, NASA's
Aqua satellite will be inserted into a polar orbit.

For the latest countdown status for this launch, go to

		http://spaceflightnow.com/d291/status.html

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			 PRE-LAUNCH NEWS STORY

A news story about the Aqua mission is tentatively scheduled to air on
KCLU-FM tomorrow (Friday). The story will most likely be aired during
the 16:30-16:40, 17:30-17:40, or 18:30-18:40 PDT local newscast*.

KCLU can be heard in southern Ventura County on 88.3 MHz, in Santa
Barbara on 102.3 MHz, and over the Internet at http://www.kclu.org.

If you should hear this story, e-mail me at [email protected] and
let me know when you heard it along with any comments.

*There's a chance that the spot will run instead during the morning
local news at 06:30-06:40, 07:30-07:40, or 08:30-08:40.