[Launch Alert] Launch Delayed

[Brian Webb]

                            LAUNCH ALERT

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

				            2006 July 19 (Wednesday) 08:50 PDT
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                           LAUNCH DELAYED

This morning's Minuteman III launch from Vandenberg AFB was postponed
24 hours. It is now slated for Thursday morning during a 01:01 to
07:01 PDT launch window.

The Air Force will try to launch the Minutemann at the very start of
the window. However, unexpected technical and other issues can cause
liftoff to occur at any time between 01:01 and 07:01.

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                     MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH DELAY
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release
                            2006 July 18

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. – The scheduled launch of an unarmed
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is delayed due to
complications with air traffic control radars in the Southwest region
of the United States.  The launch is delayed 24 hours and rescheduled
between 1:01 a.m. to 7:01 a.m. Thursday.

The mission was to demonstrate the operational effectiveness of the
weapon system.

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