Pretty much what Jimmy said. You'd have thunk they'd have know about the ISS a little bit sooner. I heard nothing on the live feed about an unauthorized aircraft, Just seemed someone wanted to get a closer look. Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@xxxxxxx K7TEJ -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 20:56 To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Atlas rocket launch A bit of detail on the launch delay: There were a number of extensions to the planed 10 minute hold a T-minus 4 minutes. 2 minutes were tacked on for collision avoidance with the international space station (sounds like a good idea) and a couple three 5 and 10 minute extensions while they tried to find out if a POV (privately owned vehicle) over at complex 8, drove in there after the sweep or was abandoned and missed earlier. No one found that I ever heard, so squib the batts, grab the popcorn and light the candle. Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DJ Hanson Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:21 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Atlas rocket launch Hi Dan, great shots. But I do have one question. The Atlas V launch was actually delayed from 8:29pm to 9:03pm that night, I believe there was an aircraft detected in some restricted airspace (or something to this effect). Did you actually take the shots at/after 9:03pm perhaps (as your photo details state 8:29pm)? thx... dj --- On Thu, 9/23/10, Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [AZ-Observing] Atlas rocket launch > To: "AZ Observing" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 6:13 PM > Fellow Stargazers, > > That Atlas rocket launch from Vandenberg on Monday was > clearly visible > from here in New River. I shot a 1 second interval > time-lapse, and > caught some good images. Lacking SRBs, there ain't much of > a trail from > an Atlas, but you can clearly see when the booster goes out > and the > craft veers northward, no doubt into a polar orbit as this > was an NRO > satellite. Since I was using a fixed shutter setting of 1.5 > seconds, the > acceleration shows as increasingly longer "smears" of the > image, the > payload at that point only reflecting sunlight. See it at: > > http://www.dfacaz.org/astrophotos.html > > It's third from the bottom in the list. > > Dan Heim > President > Desert Foothills Astronomy Club > http://www.dfacaz.org > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or > unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.