[Launch Alert] Launch Update

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		        Ventura County, California
		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	              http://www.spacearchive.info

				             2007 August 17 (Friday) 05:39 PDT
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                            LAUNCH UPDATE
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The scheduled missile launch from
Vandenberg AFB, Calif. on August 17, to support the Near Field
Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) boost phase missile defense data
collection effort has been delayed so that program officials can
continue to optimize data collection equipment on board the orbiting
NFIRE satellite.

Program officials want to be very precise in preparing for the missile
launch due to the fact that the overall objective is to collect as
much data as possible from the boosting missile.

The collected data will subsequently be used in the development effort
for boost phase missile defense technology, which will help to develop
missile defense systems capable of shooting down a hostile ballistic
missile within the first few minutes after it is launched.

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