[Launch Alert] Monday Vandenberg Launch

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		         E-mail: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	          Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info

				             2005 October 2 (Sunday) 05:32 PDT
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                      MONDAY VANDENBERG LAUNCH

A Delta IV booster carrying a clasified payload is scheduled for
launch from Vandenberg AFB tomorrow morning. The Delta will lift-off
from Vandenberg sometime between 15:00 and 16:59 PDT. Although the
launch window and exact launch time are unknown, it is known that
they fall within the above time two hour time period. The exact launch
time will probably be announced on Monday.


Following lift-off, the Delta IV will head southward. Several
minutes later the will place a National Reconnaissance Office payload
into orbit.

Although this is a daylight launch, it may be visible for more than
100 miles if the weather is clear.

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 FIRST BOEING DELTA IV EELV MISSION FROM CALIFORNIA READY FOR LAUNCH
                Adapted from a Boeing Media Advisory

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1, 2005 - The first launch of a Boeing Delta IV rocket
from the West Coast is set for Oct. 3, from Vandenberg Air Force Base
(VAFB), Calif.  A Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) configuration launch vehicle
is scheduled for liftoff from Space Launch Complex 6, between 3 - 5
p.m. PDT to deploy a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office
(NRO), NROL-22. The launch is the first West Coast mission for the
U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.

Updated information throughout the mission will be available on the
Boeing Launch Hotline at (714) 896-4770.

An online Boeing media kit with mission information will be available
at:

   http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta4/nrol_22

Boeing will broadcast the launch throughout the continental United
States at:

Satellite: AMC 3, Transponder C03
Orbital Location: 87 Degrees West
Downlink Frequency: 3760 MHz Horizontal
Audio Channels: 6.2 and 6.8

Boeing will Web cast the launch at: www.boeing.com/delta.

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			        COUNTDOWN STATUS

In addition to the sources mentioned above, Space journalist Justin
Ray is now providing current countdown status on a web page devoted to
this launch. Point your browser to:

   http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d314/status.html

On launch day, this page will be updated frequently beginning at about
T-1 hour. Be sure to regularly hit the refresh button on your browser
to see the latest information.

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