[Launch Alert] Monday Vandenberg Launch

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                        kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info
		       
                              2010 September 19 (Sunday) 16:34 PDT
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                      MONDAY VANDENBERG LAUNCH

An Atlas V booster carrying a classified National Reconnaissance
Office payload is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB Monday
evening. The Atlas is set to lift-off from south base at 20:29 PDT.

Following lift-off, the Atlas will probably will head southward.
Several minutes later, the vehicle will place the NROL-41 payload into
orbit.

Weather permitting, tomorrow's launch should be visible to the unaided
eye for more than 150 miles.

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                          COUNTDOWN STATUS

A potential of countdown status for the Atlas V/NROL-41 launch
is the Spaceflight Now web site. Point your browser to:

   http://www.spaceflightnow.com

United Launch Alliance (the launch services provider) will provide
the following feeds of the launch:

Internet

   http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtml

Satellite

   Satellite: AMC 1 @ 103 deg. West
   Transponder: C23
   Bandwidth: 36 MHz (C BAND ANALOG)
   Downlink frequency: 4160 MHz HORIZONTAL
   Carrier: SES AMERICOM

The feeds begin at T-20 minutes and will end 5 minutes after launch.

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                        E-MAIL CONSIDERATIONS

1. Launch-Related Questions

   Many questions about launch viewing can be answered by re-reading
   your Launch Alert or consulting:

      www.vandenberg.af.mil/questions/topic.asp?id=745

      www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm

   For information regarding photographing launches, go to:

      www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm

2. Photographs

   If you have a launch or other photo that you would like to submit
   for publication on my web site, please observe the following
   guidelines:

       - Only submit images that are of publication quality or are in
         some way unique.

       - Limit the total size of your e-mail plus attachments to 1 MB

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