[AZ-Observing] Re: Thursday Photo Op

Vandenberg is about latitude 34.7 degrees, so from Phoenix the direction 
would be somewhere about 283 degrees Azimuth, maybe a bit less.  From 
Tucson, about 290 degrees Azimuth or a bit less.  This is according to 
Mapsource, which is not a great circle calculation, but hopefully in the 
ballpark.

Randy Peterson

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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Thursday Photo Op


> 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
>
>
>
>
>                            LAUNCH ALERT
>
>                                    Brian Webb
>                         Ventura County, California
>                        E-mail: kd6nrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>                 Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info
>
>                 2005 September 20 (Tuesday) 04:36 PDT
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                       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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