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[AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dean, it is so great to hear from you and to know you are getting back 
on track.  Keep up the speedy recovery.

AJ Crayon

ketelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi All-
>The enclosed came across my e-mail yesterday.  For those of you who have
>never seen a roclet launch during dusk, it can be quite impressive as the
>rocket/plume gets up into direct sunlight.  Check it out!
>
>-Dean
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>                            LAUNCH ALERT
>
>                                    Brian Webb
>                         Ventura County, California
>                        E-mail: kd6nrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info
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>                 2005 September 20 (Tuesday) 04:36 PDT
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>                       VANDENBERG DUSK LAUNCH
>
>The first Vandenberg AFB dusk launch in nearly three years is slated
>for Thursday, September 22. The Minotaur booster is scheduled to lift-
>off from south Vandenberg at 19:24 PDT, the start of a 16-minute
>launch window.
>
>Several minutes later, the rocket will place the Defense Advanced
>Research Project Agency's Streak satellite into a polar orbit.
>
>As seen from Santa Barbara, lift-off occurs 29 minutes after sunset.
>The Minotaur is expected to climb into sunlight during the second
>stage burn at about T+90 seconds. The exhaust plume will be
>illuminated by the sun and may create a nice display visible across a
>large part of the Southwest and western Mexico.
>
>The launch may be visible until nearly T+13 minutes. For information
>on launch viewing and photography, refer to:
>
>  www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm
>  www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm
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