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["Neville Cole" <nevillecole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although the launch happening at the end of the window probably helped, it 
still wasn't enough to see it here, from Litchfield Park, either.  Bummer.

Neville

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From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Rocket Launch in 20 minutes
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:11:58 -0700

Rubber room ? Nah, I had a cover story going as I got some great wildlife
shots while standing out there. (okay so maybe a couple of rabbits doesn't
count as wildlife but they were kinda cute). Observation same as Jeff and
Rick's

Jimmy Ray
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From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 19:52
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Rocket Launch in 20 minutes


Well, After a unscheduled 9 minute hold due to technical problems with the
payload, the Delta I lifted off at 1934, the close of it's launch window. As
I write this the spacecraft just had SECO1  (Second Stage Cutoff 1
(Indicating the engine will fire again)) It is well over 1000 miles south
and beyond Vandenberg's (and by extrapolation, our) Horizon. Telemetry is
being relayed by an Orion P3 over the Pacific.

I thought it would be a crap shoot if we would see it. The Sun Angle was not
ideal, being still above the horizon at the launch point and just barley set
here. An hour later and it would've been a good show.

I hope no one thinks Jimmy needs a rubber room standing in an open field
taking pictures of nothing :)

Clear Skies
Rick Tejera
President, Editor SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix, Arizona
www.saguaroastro.org
saguaroastro@xxxxxxx

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