[Scan-DC] Wallops Launch

[Ed Tobias]

I had the good fortune of being at the KSC media site, 3.5 miles from the launch pad, for the first shuttle night launch, STS-8. First you see it, then you hear it, then you FEEL it. Shook our trailer so hard the circuit breakers popped.

Ed

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID. Please excuse typos.

Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

>There was a night launch from Cape Canaveral back in December 2005, something like that. Oh, it was 2006. This is the one. It was Sunday in the UK, but Saturday night in the US, Saturday, December 9, 2006.
>
>== == == ==
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6165395.stm
>
>Last Updated: Sunday, 10 December 2006, 05:12 GMT  
>
>Shuttle lifts off in night launch  
>  
>The space shuttle Discovery has lifted off from Cape Canaveral - the first night shuttle launch in four years. 
>
>Discovery launched at 2047 (0147 GMT on Sunday), two days after poor weather forced a lift-off to be cancelled. 
>
>Rocket flares from the shuttle were visible in the night sky across much of the south-eastern United States.
>== == == ==
>
>I saw the streak in the sky from the steps of the Masonic Temple in Alexandria. That was before I had my binoculars, so I watched it with the naked eye.
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: "Cathy Drzyzgula" <cathy at drzyzgula.org>
>To: "'Ed Tobias'" <edtobias at comcast.net>, "'Brooks, Kurt'" <knbrooks at wusa9.com>
>Cc: <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>, "'Blair Thompson'" <b_thom at juno.com>
>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Wallops Launch
>Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 18:45:31 -0400
>
>I saw one from Gaithersburg.  Depends on the size as well.
>
>Cathy D
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed Tobias
>Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 2:13 PM
>To: Brooks, Kurt
>Cc: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net; Blair Thompson
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Wallops Launch
>
>I've seen a night launch from my place at the north end of O.C. However,
>there have also been launches that I couldn't see from here. Depends on the
>trajectory, I guess.
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
>On May 31, 2013, at 1:50 PM, "Brooks, Kurt" <knbrooks at wusa9.com> wrote:
>
>> I am sure if it's a decent enough sized rocket even the MD end will look
>pretty cool. 
>> 
>> On May 31, 2013, at 13:39, "Blair Thompson" <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> A friend who lives on the Eastern Shore notes, "You can't camp on the
>Virginia end of Assateague (National Seashore).  The launch is from Wallops
>across from the Va end."
>>> 
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>> From: "lepine15 at comcast.net"<lepine15 at comcast.net>
>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Wallops Launch
>>> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 07:17:57 -0400
>>> 
>>> Wallops Island has scheduled a missile launch on June 4th between 
>>> 11pm_12 midnight.
>>> 
>>> I'm camping at Assateague....I've never seen a missile launch before.  
>>> This should be a great spot for viewing.
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