[Launch Alert] Launch On Schedule

[Brian Webb]

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

                                2010 October 31 (Sunday) 13:26 PDT
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                          LAUNCH ON SCHEDULE

Tonight's launch of a Delta II rocket carrying an Italian satellite
appears to be on schedule. The Delta is slated to leave Space Launch
Complex 2-West at 7:20:07 p.m. PDT.

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                          A SPECIAL REQUEST

If you plan to go to one of the known launch observing sites, try to
arrive no later than T-30 minutes. If you arrive later, there's a
real possibility that your car's headlights will hurt the night
vision of people already at the site.

If you arrive at the last minute, your headlights could also spoil
the photos people are taking of the launch (professional and semi-
pro photographers are known to frequent the various observing sites).

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                          COUNTDOWN STATUS

Two good sources of countdown status for the Delta II/COSMO-4 launch
are the Spaceflight Now web site and Twitter feed. Point your browser
to:

   http://www.spaceflightnow.com

   http://twitter.com/spaceflightnow

Vandenberg AFB has a Facebook page and Twitter feed that contain launch
information. Go to:

  http://www.facebook.com/30thSpaceWing

  http://twitter.com/30thSpaceWing

A launch broadcast starts at 6:15 p.m. PDT. The details are as follows:

  Satellite: AMC1 @ 103 degrees west
  Transponder: K18 
  Bandwidth -36 MHz (KU Band)
  103 Degrees West
  UL: 14360 MHz Horizontal
  DL: 12060 MHz Vertical

A simulcast of the broadcast will be available on the web at: 

  http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/cosmo-4/ 

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