[Launch Alert] New Delta IV Launch Date

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				             2005 October 3 (Monday) 19:06 PDT
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                          DELTA IV LAUNCH
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. – Vandenberg AFB is set to conduct
the inaugural West Coast launch of a Boeing Delta IV rocket Wednesday.
The launch period is between 3 and 5 p.m. The rocket will carry a
payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Col. Jack Weinstein, 30th Space Wing commander, is the spacelift
commander, or final “go for launch” authority, for this mission. The
30th Space Wing is the Air Force Space Command organization
responsible for all Department of Defense space and missile launch
activities on the West Coast of the United States.

Wednesday’s Delta IV launch will use the medium+ configuration of the
booster’s five design options, which enable it to place payloads in
orbit ranging from nearly 9,000 pounds to more than 27,000 pounds.

Editor's Note: 3 to 5 p.m. is a "launch period", not the actual launch
window. A launch period is a large block of time within which the
launch window falls. The Defense Department will probably announce the
exact launch time several hours in advance. However, the window will
likely not be released.

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			       DELTA IV RESOURCES

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.

Updated information throughout the mission will also 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.

For information on Vandenberg launch viewing and photography, refer
to:

  www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm

  www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm

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                           WEB SITE UPDATE

Photos of the August 25 Minuteman III test launch from Vandenberg AFB
have just been posted on my web site. To see them, go to:

  www.spacearchive.info/minuteman-iii-serv2.htm

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