[Launch Alert] Launch Scheduled

Mon Oct 5 19:32:18 EDT 2009

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

                                 2009 October 5 (Monday) 16:26 PDT
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                      DELTA II LAUNCH SCHEDULED
                    Vandenberg AFB Media Advisory
                           2009 October 5

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A Delta II rocket is scheduled to
launch from Space Launch Complex-2 here, between 11:37 a.m. and 11:51
a.m. Thursday.

The rocket will carry WorldView-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing
satellite, into polar orbit.

Col. David Buck, the 30th Space Wing commander, will be the western
range launch decision authority for this mission.

Once operational, WorldView-2 will join a constellation of satellites
belonging to DigitalGlobe. It will produce high-resolution,
world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence,
government, and commercial clients. 

The Delta II is an expendable launch, medium-lift vehicle used to
launch military, civil and commercial payloads into low-earth, polar,
geosynchronous transfer and stationary orbits.

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