[AZ-Observing] Re: Fwd: [Launch Alert] Friday Vandenberg AFB Launch
- From: "James O'connor" <skylook123@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:09:34 -0400 (EDT)
My wife Susan and I lived at Kwaj for a few years. Nothing like living at
bulls eye, three or four times a year seeing what Armageddon might look like.
My job was site leader and technical coordinator for a different effort, eight
launches out of Kwaj in three years. I had to keep track of any conflicts from
VAFB, and re-entering junk, so I still run SatEvo to find out if we're getting
a knock on the head. Brian Webb does pretty good at getting launch schedules
and alerts out for the folks along the coast that like to video the events. He
does science reporting for NPR out of San Diego State University, and does a
couple of minutes on every launch for local radio.
As Rick observes, I've had far too many false alarms to get excited since this
isn't a terminator launch. I hope some of the early arrivers to AASP can see
the moving dot.
Jim O'Connor
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From: saguaroastro <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jimmy Ray <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Oct 26, 2011 10:15 am
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Fwd: [Launch Alert] Friday Vandenberg AFB Launch
Jimmy,
All launches from VDB destined for polar orbits head South. This puts them on
an
pen water trajectory for the launch phase. To go north would put the trajectory
ver highly populated areas. not a good thing. Even for a nominal launch. I
oubt folks would appreciate a strap on booster landing in their pool:).
What Dan was referring to, and maybe he can repost the video, was the apparent
hange inn trajectory of the spent booster after burnout & Separation. It
ontinued on to the south for a bit and then abruptly turned north (see my
arlier post about this), something for which, neither of us could explain.
As an FYI, VDB also launches Missile test on a westward trajectory, targeted
for
he kwajellan Atoll, about 2500 miles SW of Hawaii.
Rick
7TEJ
--- Jimmy Ray <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Evening from the airfield. Hi Dan, I remember yours. This one at the airfield
'm fairly certain went south
Thank you,
Jimmy Ray
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