[Launch Alert] Friday Vandenberg Launch

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

                              Brian Webb
                    Ventura County, California
                        kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                    http://www.spacearchive.info
		       
                             2008 October 22 (Wednesday) 17:27 PDT
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                           DELTA II LAUNCH

A Delta II rocket is scheduled for launch this Friday evening from
Vandenberg AFB. The Delta is scheduled to lift-off from Space Launch
Complex 2-West, at 19:28:21 PDT during a launch window that is one
second long.

The Delta will rise vertically for a few seconds before slowly
pitching over and heading south. The booster will later deliver
Italy's COSMO-3 satellite into a near-polar orbit.

After it becomes operational, COSMO-3 will provide high-resolution
radar images of Earth.

Weather permitting, the launch should be visible for at least 200
miles.

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                         MISSION BACKGROUND

Detailed information about the Delta II/COSMO-3 launch is available on
the Internet at:

   http://www.ulalaunch.com/launch/COSMO%203/COSMO3_Mbook.pdf

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                          COUNTDOWN STATUS

Boeing will simulcast Friday's launch on the World Wide Web at:

   http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/cosmo-3/

Another possible source of countdown status for the launch is the
Spaceflight Now web site. Point your browser to:

   http://www.spaceflightnow.com

On launch day, be sure to regularly hit the refresh button on your
browser to see the latest information.

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

   Satellite:  AMC 16 K22
   Orbital Location: 85 Degrees West
   36 MHz transponder
   UL: 14440 MHz Vertical
   DL: 12140 MHz Horizontal
   Audio: Channel 1 (6.2) English and Channel 2 (6.8) Italian

The broadcast will begin at 6:15 p.m. PDT and will conclude at 9:30
p.m. PDT.

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