[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Tue Mar 15 15:23:26 EDT 2011

                             LAUNCH ALERT

                              Brian Webb
                      Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                         www.spacearchive.info

                                 2011 March 15 (Tuesday) 12:02 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                         As of 2011 March 15

                     Launch
                  Time/Window
  Date             (PST/PDT)             Vehicle        Pad/Silo
--------        ---------------         ----------      --------

APR 12          To be announced         Atlas V         SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-34
payload

NET JUN 9       Unknown                 Delta II        SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch Argentina's SAC-D scientific satellite carrying
NASA's Aquarius instrument  

The above schedule is a composite of unclassified information
approved for public release from government, industry, and other
sources. It represents the Editor's best effort to produce a schedule,
but may disagree with other sources. Details on military launches are
withheld until they are approved for public release. For official
information regarding Vandenberg AFB activities, go to
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil.

All launch dates and times are given in Pacific Time using a 24-hour
format similar to military time (midnight = 00:00, 1:00 p.m. = 13:00,
11:00 p.m. = 23:00, etc.). 

The dates and times in this schedule may not agree with those on other
online launch schedules, including the official Vandenberg AFB
schedule because different sources were used, the information was
interpreted differently, and the schedules were updated at different
times.

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                    SURPRISE LAUNCH OFF SAN DIEGO

With little or no prior public notice, the U.S. Navy launched a
Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the ocean
west-southwest of San Diego on Tuesday, March 1 at approximately 1
p.m.

I had belatedly received advanced notice of some type of a
launch in the San Diego area. Shortly afterwards, I received the
following e-mail from Chris Roberts:

"I hate to bug you about what i've seen (I'm sure you get a lot of
those), but you hear anything about a launch to the WSW of Chula Vista,
Ca just now?  Just saw a "contrail" that I've never seen before.  It
didn't have the regular "Straight" contrail of an aircraft, but more
zig-zig like high altitude rockets. I have a co-worker claim that he
thought he saw a "Stage-separation". I've got a bad cell phone picture
of it, which you can sort of make out. 

I also checked Flightaware for Honolulu, Kona, and Maui to see if any
flights came over and I didn't see any (which would be the direction
it is coming from)."

Based on Chris' e-mail, and the look of the contrail in his photo, I
knew Chris had accidentally seen the launch by accident. Chris'
observation was immediately reported to the readers of Launch Alert.

I also received e-mails regarding a tweet from an airline pilot who
observed the launch while descending into San Diego
(https://twitter.com/#!/SWA_Captain/status/42701945760260096).

Christopher Glenn reported on what he noticed while at Rosecrans
National Cemetery:

"You did not mention time of day for the Chula Vista event. I was at
Rosecrans National Cemetery this morning and noted multiple military
take offs from Coronado, all headed WSW. The small arms range below
the cemetery was very active with live fire.

I also received reports of a loud boom and rattling in the San Diego
area on Tuesday.

Prentice St. Clair reported "I heard a large boom today around 1:00
pm in Point Loma (92106)."

Sylvia Wister wrote: "I live in San Diego and around 12:30 this
afternoon the doors in our house rattled a bit. Could this be
related?"

The first official information about the event was the following
Facebook entry posted that evening from the Commander, U.S. Third
Fleet:

"The Navy conducted the 135th successful test flight of a Trident II
D5 Missile today off the coast of Southern California. The missile was
launched at approximately 1 p.m. PST from an Ohio-class Trident
ballistic missile submarine. The Trident II D5 missile is the Navy’s
sea based strategic deterrent."

Later, a reader fron UC San Diego forwarded Launch Alert several
images from multiple remote cameras from around San Diego County. At
least two images from two separate cameras picked up the smoke trail
from the launch.

On March 4, the U.S. Navy issued the following news release about the
launch:

       USS Nevada Successfully Tests Trident II D5 Missile

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Fleet ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada (SSBN
733) successfully launched a test missile off the coast of southern
California March 1 as part of the post-refueling overhaul
certification process.

The missile, an unarmed Trident II D5, was launched as a single
mission test and was the key element of the demonstration and
shakedown operation (DASO) process certifying the readiness of an
SSBN crew and the operational performance of the submarine's
strategic weapons system prior to returning to operational
availability.

Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) oversees the DASO
certification process, while various other organizations provide
support for the certification. 

More than 150 SSP employees and special guests were invited aboard
the USNS Waters (T-AGS 45), a Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessel
to witness the event and learn more about SSP and the DASO process.

"SSP teams with people from an array of commands and organizations
throughout the months leading up to the DASO missile launch. The
people representing Submarine Group 9, USS Nevada, Military Sealift
Command and our contract partners who witnessed the launch from
aboard Waters are a small fraction of those who work with Strategic
Systems Programs to ensure we continue to successfully provide the
nation's sea-based strategic deterrent," said Rear Adm. Terry
Benedict, director, Strategic Systems Programs. Benedict was aboard
Nevada observing the crew as they conducted the launch mission. 

"This mission for MSC is just one in many that we do. We're proud to
be a part of it," said John Thackrah, executive director of Military
Sealift Command (MSC), who attended the launch.

Waters is an MSC vessel that provides support during the DASO launch
as part of her mission. Instrumentation and personnel such as
engineers and scientists are embarked aboard Waters to track the
submarine and the missile throughout the launch process. 

The March 1 launch marked the 135th consecutive successful
submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test flight since December
1989. 

"It's quite an accomplishment, we're very proud of everybody that has
pulled together for us today," said Rear Adm. Robert Hennegan,
commander, Submarine Group (SUBGRU) 9. "Today was a terrific
accomplishment for the USS Nevada, for Submarine Group 9, but more
importantly for the entire SSP team and for all who are part of
delivering the nation's deterrence posture. Everyone has done a
terrific job and we're very proud of them."

Nevada crewmembers said they were also glad to see the successful
launch occur after such an extensive maintenance period.

"It was the final event of a three and a half-year refueling
overhaul," said Cmdr. Alan Schrader, commanding officer for Nevada's
'Blue Crew.' "To get to today, it means so much for me to see that
missile go off in the air, and now we're ready to go and do our
strategic mission."

Guests who watched the launch from aboard Waters said it was a
once-in-a-lifetime experience.

"It was incredible," said Caitlin Hitt, co-president of the Naval
Base Kitsap Officers Spouses Association. "Nothing that I ever
expected, quite honestly I was shocked at how cool it was when it
came out of the water."

Nevada was commissioned in 1986 as the eighth Ohio-class fleet
ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). The Ohio-class design allows the
submarines to operate for 15 or more years between major overhauls.
Each SSBN has two crews, Blue and Gold, which alternate manning the
submarines while on patrol to maximize strategic availability while
reduces the number of submarines required to meet strategic defense
requirements. 

For more news from Navy Public Affairs Support Element West, visit
www.navy.mil/local/pacensandiego/. 

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                      NEW MEXICO MISSILE LAUNCH

As mentioned previously in Launch Alert, a Juno missile was scheduled
for launch on March 2nd from Fort Wingate near Gallup, New Mexico
during a launch window that extended from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Mountain
Time.

Liftoff took place on March 2nd at approximately 6:46 a.m. MST and,
as suspected, the vehicle's exhaust plume was illuminated by the Sun
and suspended against the dawn sky, creating a display visible over a
wide area.

The following is a press release about the launch from the missile's
manufacturer.

Orbital Successfully Launches Patriot Target Vehicle for Missile
Defense Test

-- Company Conducts Second "PTV Juno" Mission for U.S. Air Force Space
and Missile Systems Center --

(Dulles, VA 2 March 2011) - Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB)
announced today that it successfully launched a Patriot Target Vehicle
(PTV) under a direct contract with the U.S. Air Force Space and
Missile Systems Center (SMC) Space Development and Test Directorate
(SD).  The PTV served as an intercept target for the Lower Tier
Project Office Patriot missile defense system. The PTV was launched on
March 2, 2011 from Fort Wingate Launch Complex-96 into White Sands
Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. It flew a southerly trajectory
over New Mexico into WSMR and was intercepted by the Patriot Missile
Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor system during reentry. This PTV,
known as Juno, was the second of two targets Orbital is under contract
to launch in support of the Patriot MSE test and evaluation program.

"We are very pleased to support the U.S. Air Force and the Lower Tier
Projects Office with a second successful target launch, culminating in
a positive intercept indication," said Mr. Ron Wiley, Senior Vice
President of Suborbital Targets Programs at Orbital. "We look forward
to supporting future tests for the Space Development and Test
Directorate with the PTV, which has demonstrated its performance as a
reliable test platform for future SD missions and Patriot
engagements."

Orbital developed the PTV target vehicle over a two and a half year
period according to specifications that require the vehicle to have
selectable reentry dynamic performance. The PTV Juno rocket relied
heavily on flight-proven designs from other Orbital launch vehicles,
such as the Medium Range Target, Storm target and Pegasus space launch
vehicles.

Orbital is one of the United States' most experienced developers and
operators of missile defense-related launch vehicles. The company
supports virtually all of the country's major missile defense programs
with highly-reliable and cost-effective target vehicles. In addition
to the Patriot program, Orbital's target vehicles are used to test
Aegis BMD, MDA's Ground-based Midcourse Defense system (GMD) and THAAD
systems. Orbital also produces the "Coyote" ramjet-powered
sea-skimming supersonic naval target vehicle used to test the U.S.
Navy's ship self-defense systems.

About Orbital

Orbital develops and manufactures small- and medium-class rockets and
space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers. 
The company's primary products are satellites and launch vehicles,
including low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous-Earth orbit and planetary
exploration spacecraft for communications, remote sensing, scientific
and defense missions; human-rated space systems for Earth-orbit, lunar
and other missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver
satellites into orbit; and missile defense systems that are used as
interceptor and target vehicles. Orbital also provides satellite
subsystems and space-related technical services to U.S. Government
agencies and laboratories.

More information about Orbital can be found at www.orbital.com

The editor received several e-mails about the launch. Here are some
selected comments:

Bud Kaye
Phoenix, Ariz.

Here are 2 pics of the launch I saw from Phoenix AZ about 6:40am
3-2-11.  Also a link to my video of the launch I put on YouTube. You
will see that I stupidly moved the camera near the end of the video
and missed a little of the flight
 But a very awesome launch to see!
Thanks for the alerts!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gd6Hx46uB0

Dan Gamache
Mesa, Ariz.

I was up and looking for it, but in the wrong section of the eastern
sky. When I sighted it, I thought it was an airplane contrail. By the
time I swung the camera around and focused, I was too late. So all I
got a picture of is the contrail.

Dennise
Mesa, Ariz.

...we did see the rocket going up and some of the exhaust trail. It
was around 6:45 I think. The morning sky was full of low clouds on the
horizon, but tinted such that it was hard to distinguish between
morning sky and clouds. So when I saw the rocket trail suddenly moving
rapidly up, it seemed to come out of nowhere. Apparently appeared out
from behind a cloud bank. It was obvious to me and Bruce that it was
the missile. The trail was a much brighter light than the jet trails
in the sky. Almost phosphorescent looking, perhaps with the help of
the sun. It went straight then curled downward strangely, it seems to
go slower then disappeared altogether. I think it must have gone into
some clouds again and we saw the wind moving what was left of the
trail... that's what Bruce thought. There were too many clouds in the
sky, and it was possibly getting too far away to see after that. So we
just saw a short piece, but it was interesting.

I will be interested to find out if the mission went as planned.
Because I saw that sharp downward spiral in the exhaust as it was
moving still, I wonder if that was the booster drop, or if something
went wrong and the missile went down too early.

Douglas Friday
Phoenix, Ariz.

I'm pretty sure that I saw the trail from this launch (I'm located in
Western Phoenix) this morning.

It was cool!

Jeremy Perez
Flagstaff, Ariz.

I had a great view of the Juno target missile launch from Flagstaff,
AZ.

The full report, photos, and link to HD YouTube video can be found here:
http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus/archives/001472.html

John Kittelsrud
Phoenix Ariz.

I managed to take some nice photos of the Juno test this morning. I'm
located in Phoenix Az and the launch was very clear over Camelback
Mtn.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamdroid/tags/junotargetmissile/

Robert Bell
South Scottsdale, Ariz.

I'm glad I checked my Yahoo account last night, otherwise I'd have
missed this mornings launch. I posted three photos taken just east of
south Scottsdale ...

I'd typically host these on my personal website, but my passions for
photo/video take priority over webhosting payments.

Link is http://www.flickr.com/tradica

Follow-on e-mail:

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yIPoumz24&t=18s

photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tradica/5492977718/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tradica/5492915842/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tradica/5492859546/

Steve Boyack
Luke AFB, Ariz.

I drove down and parked on the west side of Luke AFB around six am.
Thinking I would only be able to see the contrail like all the other I
have had a chance to see. And out of the corner of my eye I caught the
Juno rising above the mountain range around 6:50 as photo 1 shows. I
was not prepared at this time for a live action shots.Photo 2 shows a
nice straight shot of the contrail and in photo 3 you can see the
missile making the arch downward. Photo 4 and 6 shows after math of
the contrail.

It was great to see the actual missile launch all i have seen before
is the contrail afterwards. still remember seeing my first one 15
some years ago wondering what that was in the sky. This was not a very
colorful contrail as the others have been.

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                          TAURUS XL/GLORY LAUNCH

A Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory spacecraft and several
university-built satellites lifted-off from Vandenberg AFB on March 4
at 02:09 PST. Due to a malfunction, the Taurus failed to reach orbit.

The following is a compilation of observations of that ill-fated
early morning launch.

alurehook1
Santa Susanna Pass, Calif.

I walked up Santa Susanna pass above Simi Valley to watch the launch
this morning. Even then I could see a long exhaust trail. But the
wind was blowing kind of hard at that time and I don't think slowed
all morning. Would the trail stay together under these conditions? 

Bill Schneider
Acton, Calif.

I observed the Taurus XL launch at 2:09am on Friday morning from
Acton, CA (140 miles West of VAFB). The launch was a very clear and
bright orange burn. Even at night, I could clearly see the exhaust
trails starting on the Western horizon and angling towards the SW up
to about a 40 deg elevation or so. I observed the first and second
stage and then the bright orange light quickly dimmed to a dot and
disappeared.

Brian Bartky
Camarillo, Calif.

Here's video taken on my Nikon D90 of today's Taurus XL launch as seen
from my house in Camarillo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXzJjbN9ypQ

Fortunately, the clouds I saw earlier in the evening cleared up so I
had a good view. The Taurus XL was quite a bit brighter than the
recent Minotaur I rocket.

Brian Webb
Ventura County, Calif.

This morning I remembered to step outside to look for the aftermath
from the 2:09 a.m. Taurus XL launch from Vandenberg AFB. I didn't
expect to see anything. However, when I stepped outside, at 5:49 a.m.,
I immediately spotted the sunlit exhaust.

Carmelita Morris
Fillmore, Calif.

Charles and I observed the launch from backyard, next to our
observatory, in Fillmore. Charles tried to video tape the whole thing,
but ran into a technical problem with the camera and didn't record
anything. I watched through 10x50 binoculars. I saw what looked like
the second stage fall away, but the stage remained lit well after
falling away, trailing the main rocket. I followed it through the
binoculars until I couldn't see it anymore well on a south trajectory.
Right after taking the binoculars from my eyes, I could see two
exhaust trails. They remained "lumpy" and "round" like the creature
that came through the station in the "Abyss". The first exhaust trail
was bigger, in size,  than the second. We didn't stay out very much
longer after that.

Charles
Moorpark, Calif.

Here in the Campus Park area of Moorpark, I saw the launch on the web,
then stepped outside in my south facing backyard and saw the rocket
easily with the naked eye, in the western sky heading south.
Beautiful! Unfortunately I didn’t see the pre-dawn show.

Dale Cipra
Northridge,  Calif.

... I was able to see the launch this morning perfectly from my
backyard in Northridge...virtually no cloud cover...it was a nice
view.

I too stepped outside about the same time as you did (~5:50 AM), but
alas, there was a horizon-to-horizon cloud cover blocking my view to
the west, so I couldn't see the plume as you did.

Del Johnson
Big Bear City, Calif.

I saw the launch from Big Bear City, CA. Shortly after 1st stage
separation, an exhaust plume was seen. The plume lingered for some
time, made visible by either high altitude sunlight or the lights of
LA. I live at 6850ft altitude, the plume was due west at about 15-20
degrees from the horizon.  

Derek Avila
Zuma Beach, Calif.

Saw the rocket from Zuma Beach in Malibu at about 2:11am I was
looking in a WSW direction from my house. It was a semi-bright orange
glow moving slowly and then all went dark.

Jeanne Taylor
Nipomo, Calif.

I'm in central CA., Nipomo - San Luis Obispo Co., just north/east of
Vandenberg and saw the launch at 2:??AM

I believe it was after the scheduled 0209 launch time - but unsure of
the exact time

it looked good from here  really bright - no moon

it had been foggy earlier, but clear at 0200

it appeared to have the 1st  separation & was doing fine

sorry, I don't speak the language

I've witnessed many launched in the past 11 years, and this was the
1st one that left  2 'exhaust clouds'

sorry, I can't tell you the 'direction and elevation' - other than
straight up - usually it curves to the west

this appeared 2 go straight up and then slightly 2 the south 

Joe McLain
Vandenberg Village, Calif.

I live in Vandenberg Village so we're fairly close by and this sucker 
really rocked us. I was amazed at just how loud it was, especially
since the Delta IV was so quiet. I was awakened by the noise and, to
give you an idea of how loud it was, the windows were rattling as
well. I was really groggy and didn't make it to the sliding glass
door in time to see much since it was already so high in the sky but
it definitely thumped and rattled for a while.

John Fernandez
Glendale, Calif.

I HAD A GREAT VIEW FROM GLENDALE, CA OF THE LAUNCH. 

Kevin Sheahan
Above Point Mugu, Calif.

I got up this morning to watch the launch from the Mountains above
Point Mugu. I saw an incredible launch with what I thought to be two
booster stage separations. I wanted to take pictures, but, in my
failure to find a good location, I missed the opportunity.  I could
also see the fuel exhaust at 2:30 am.

Larry Fioritto
Burbank, Calif.

Brian, I went out on my deck in burbank (elevation approx. 700 ft.)
in the hills and looked out at the usual VAFB launch direction. I
also was watching the live launch video on my computer. Since it was
such a small rocket, we considered missing this one. So glad we
decided to get up and view.

We (my wife and I) saw the red glow of the launch and could easily
see it travel upward to about 30 degrees when it turned into a white,
very bright light, that we could follow all the way to about 70
degrees up into the sky. all the while we could see the trail behind
it. we were listening to the reports on the computer and then also
turned on the NASA channel on the tv and saw the same coverage- they
were talking the anomalie when we lost sight of the craft.

all in all, this was probably the 7 th or 8th launch witnessed from
our deck and certainly one of the best for viewing and duration. 

Miguel Pena
Nipomo, Calif.

I got up this morning to see the launch, I live in Nipomo Ca. I
stepped out into the back yard and a few minuets later I saw a bright
white light that lid up the sky and shortly after that I saw the
rockets as it was ascending but i did not looked like other launches
as the color of the thrust flame was a bit orange not as bright as
other launches I have seen.

I was facing South West and saw the rocket go up and then looked like
a left turn then it disappeared, at one point just before the course
change it looked like a stage had fired but again it was not as
visible as other launches.

Mike Anderson
Morro Bay, Calif.

We watched the launch from Morro Bay. The first stage was very bright
orange but viewed mostly thru trees for us. The second stage ignition
occurred in plain view and we saw the beginning of an exhaust plume at
about 45° elevation. Then the plume stopped for a short while but
re-appeared again. But it looked like the rocket changed direction a
little. It appeared to veer left 20°and then continue southerly. I
remember saying out loud to my wife, " That doesn't look good". The
first bit of plume lingered in place and looked like a small patch of
fog. At 2:20am PST the plume was about 45° up and due south from
north Morro Bay.

Richard Elliott
Manteca, Calif.

I watched the launch from Manteca, CA. From 2:09-2:13, but I was
surprised to hear it failed, for it looked like it went into space
from here. 

I saw a light smoke trail for a brief period, then a burst which I
thought was staging and it was bright then, like a star going up into
space.

The last I looked for sunlight exhaust was 4:40 AM and saw nothing
and had to go to bed....

Rick Mann
Milpitas, Calif.

I saw a dot of orange glow from Milpitas, CA, about 197 mi away. It
was an obvious dot rising up and to the right (east). I could not
make out a plume. I stepped outside a few tens of seconds after
liftoff on the webcast, and watched it for several minutes. It was
obvious and unmistakable (if you knew what you were looking at).

Rick Rairden
Palo Alto, Calif.

Though seeing was poor, the launch was easily visible from Palo Alto. 

Follow-on e-mail:

Sorry, I was not expecting anything out of the ordinary, so I did not 
prepare for any recordings or even dig out my binoculars. 

Just working late at the office and went to the roof at the appointed
time allowing about a minute for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. 

Few stars were visible overhead, and I couldn't tell how murky it was 
toward my southern horizon, somewhat westward of San Jose's broad
orange light pollution. Then the bright red dot appeared climbing
above the coastal mountain range, elevation 3 or 4 degrees, azimuth
155. The trajectory from my perspective tracks almost vertical,
slightly toward the right, then more rightwards as it nears a maximum
elevation of about 20 degrees. 

Staging occurred just before that maximum, leaving a small (~3 deg)
unexpected pale white puff of luminosity that persisted as the second
stage burn was observed arcing southward away from me becoming almost 
stationary in the sky as its little dot faded over the next minute. 

... I did not check the sky anytime later toward sunrise. 

Rog
Phoenix, Ariz.

This morning's launch was clearly visible from Phoenix. Looked like a
bright and fast moving orange star arcing up from the WNW. I watched
with both naked eye and binoculars. I could even see a short part of
the contrail, just after it rose into view. Watched most of first
stage, burnout, all of second stage up to burnout, never saw third
stage ignite. Too high or far away to see at that point. Very cool...

Val Tonione
Arleta, Calif.

I was watching the launch from my house in Arleta, CA ... It's in the
San Fernando Valley. The launch was very bright orange and a few
seconds after launch I could see a faint contrail followed by what
appeared a stage separation and then another contrail. Even in the
darkness both were still visible after the rocket had disappeared.  

Spencer Westbrook
Ventura, Calif.

I had a great view of the launch from my yard in Ventura

Stan Konar
San Fernando Valley, Calif.

My wife and I saw it in the San Fernando valley ... of Los Angeles.
It launched on time. We first saw if about twenty second after the
launch. It started at about west by northwest (290 to 300 degrees)
and rapidly ascended while travelling south and higher accross the
sky. We saw staging at around 2:11, the burn terminated at 2:13 (I
looked at my phone when it stopped), which seemed unusually early to
me at west by southwest (maybe 240 degrees). The end of the burn was
quite sudden; it seemed to just literraly stop (instead of the normal
dimming out of sight).

It was visible as an rapidly moving orange spot which rapidly moved
south and up accross the sky. 

WA7NBU
Baja California, Mexico

I am in Baja, about 335 nm south east of San Diego.  I got up at 2 am
to watch the launch. I saw the rocket glow as it rose, did not see
the usual bright flash of stage separation and then the glow just
vanished, I wondered if something happened, usually we can see the
rocket glow for an extended period.  Too bad

Martin Newell took a time exposure of the launch from his backyard in
Thousand Oaks, Calif. using his iPhone. His image is posted at
http://www.spacearchive.info under the heading "Glory Launch
Unsuccessful."

Finally, Kris Walker reported that an infrasonic audio system
he works with recorded the low-frequency sound from the launch from
two ground-based locations in southern California.

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