VAFB Titan II launch 6-7-07 @ ~ 7:20 pm

[funjumper101 15]

This is a quote from an email list I subscribe to.
The weather should be good. The launch is for a polar orbit, so the viewing should be OK throughout SoCal.

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This evening's launch of a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg AFB appears
to be on schedule. The Delta is scheduled to lift-off at 19:21 PDT,
the start of a launch window that closes at 19:34 PDT.

The launch occurs before sunset on the West Coast and during dusk for
observers in Arizona and Utah.

A good source of countdown status for the launch is the Spaceflight
Now web site. Space journalist Justin Ray is now providing current
countdown status on a web page devoted to this
launch. Point your browser to:

www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d324/status.html

This page will be updated frequently beginning at about T-1 hour. Be
sure to regularly hit the refresh button on your browser to see the
latest information.

[jonstark 8]

They are especially cool in the winter when the rocket takes off in darkness and then goes into the sunlight. Amazing light show. I'll try to take my 8 yr old to a good vantage point in the hills for this one.

thanks for the heads-up!

jon

[PhreeZone 15]

Shuttle is still looking at a go for a Friday June 8 launch also. Looks like a 7:38 pm launch at this point.

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

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[funjumper101 15]

Take a look at the web site link before you leave.
The launches can be postponed and often are.

[diablopilot 2]

Launch Load of jumpers taking off shortly from SD Santa Barbara (Lompoc)

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[bmoore21184 0]

Thanks for the heads up. I was on the launch load today, it was amazing. I didn't even realize there was a launch until I read this post. Good thing I did or we might have missed out on this jump. Amazing visuals.

B Moore

'Turbulence is a bitch'