[Launch Alert] Launch Update

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				         2007 December 5 (Wednesday) 09:34 PST
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                            LAUNCH UPDATE

Tonight's launch of a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg AFB appears to
be on schedule. The Delta is scheduled to liftoff at 18:31 PST and
place Italy's COSMO-2 spacecraft into orbit.

For additional information about this launch, refer to the following
sources:


Mission Background

  http://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/COSMO-2msm%20bk11-27.pdf


Launch Status/Countdown

  http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d330/status.html


United Launch Alliance Launch Coverage

  Webcast

    http://www.ulalaunch.com/index_webcast.html

  Satellite

    17:45-19:45 PST

    AMC 16 K21
    85 Degrees West
    36 MHz transponder
    UL: 14420 MHz Horizontal
    DL: 12120 MHz Vertical
    Audio: Channel 1 English; Channel 2 Italian


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                        E-MAIL CONSIDERATIONS

In the days leading up to a launch, I'm often very busy and have a
hard time answering questions via e-mail. Many questions about launch
viewing and photography can be answered by reading the following
pages:

   www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm

   www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm

Following a launch, I receive anywhere from a handful to literally
hundreds of e-mails. However, just when I may be under a deadline and
trying to send an important e-mail, I can be flooded with incoming
launch observations and photos. The incoming messages cause my e-mail
service to grind to a halt.

To prevent any problems, I ask that you do the following:

   - Only send images that are of publication quality

   - Send no more than three images

   - Do not send any photo, video, or other attachments larger than
     750 kB.

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