[Launch Alert] Saturn Covers Star

[Brian Webb]

            ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

			           Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
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			               2003 November 13 (Thursday) 20:00 PST
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                          SATURN COVERS STAR

The planet Saturn will occult (pass in front of) a moderately bright
star Friday night and Saturday morning. For more information, go to:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/article_1102_1.asp

Rise, transit, and other data pertaining to Saturn are available at:

             http://www.spacearchive.info/saturndata.htm

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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			     As of 2003 November 13

		  Launch
		Time/Window
  Date	 (PST/PDT)		 Vehicle		Pad/Silo
--------	-----------		----------		--------

DEC 2		Unannounced		Atlas II		SLC-3E
Payload is a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite(s).
NROL-18

DEC 6		17:52:02		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's Gravity Probe B scientific satellite

JAN 14	Unannounced		Taurus		SLC-576E
Payload is Taiwan's ROCSAT-2 satellite

MAR		Unannounced		Minuteman III	LF-09
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed warheads. Impact
area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
GT-184-GM

MAR 19	Unannounced		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's AURA scientific satellite

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		                  GLOSSARY

GT-	Glory Trip. Name given to strategic missile test launches
	(GT-183GB, etc.)
LF-	Launch facility. A missile silo (such as LF-10).
PDT	Pacific Daylight Time
PST	Pacific Standard Time
SLC-	Space Launch Complex. A launch pad (SLC-2W for example).