[MilCom] Navy P-3 Tracking NASA Launch

[Keith Stein]

Two Navy P-3 aircraft will help track the launch of NASA's Arua Earth 
observation satellite on July 11. Lift-off is set for 6:01 a.m. EDT (3:01 
a.m. PDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

The aircraft should start tracking the Delta II rocket, carrying Arua, 
about five minutes and 50 seconds after lift-off. The aircraft will track 
the Delta II until 12 minutes and 40 seconds after launch and then lose 
contact with the vehicle.

The P-3's will be located at the following coordinates during their 
tracking support:

14.70 degrees North Latitude
128.60 degrees West Longitude

The two aircraft are based at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, Calif.

Keith