Vandenberg launch

[Byker]

The is something we used to see from time to time when I lived in SoCal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWCnhFQe1pM

Only it was from Vandenberg AFB, about 180 miles from where I lived, just
about the same distance from Cape Canaveral to Miami.

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2016-03-14 23:41:32 +0000, "Byker" > said:

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>
> The is something we used to see from time to time when I lived in SoCal:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWCnhFQe1pM
>
> Only it was from Vandenberg AFB, about 180 miles from where I lived, just
> about the same distance from Cape Canaveral to Miami.
>
> <image>

The Vandenberg launches still happen, the next ones on the calendar are
the July launch of a Falcon 9 with a payload of 10 Iridium commercial
communications satellites.
Followed by a Mid-2016 Minotaur C launch to place multiple SkySat Earth
observation satellites.
Next will be in September with an Atlas V delivering a WorldView 4
Earth observation stellite for DigitalGlobe.
<https://youtu.be/m3BRi7XcELM>

--
Regards,

Savageduck

[Byker]

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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> The Vandenberg launches still happen

Too bad Vandenberg cancelled the program to launch the Space Shuttle. That
would've been NICE

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2016-03-15 21:33:30 +0000, "Byker" > said:

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>
> "Savageduck" wrote in message
> news:2016031417270837525-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
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>> The Vandenberg launches still happen
>
> Too bad Vandenberg cancelled the program to launch the Space Shuttle. That
> would've been NICE
>
>
> <image>

What is truly sad is the waste. I knew several folks involved with the
construction of 'Slick 6' which was completed, but never used for any
launch. It is too specialized even for Space-X, and so remains, a
pristine roost for seagulls and pigeons, a monument to the futility of
that exercise.

--
Regards,

Savageduck

[Byker]

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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> The Vandenberg launches still happen, the next ones on the calendar are
> the July launch of a Falcon 9 with a payload of 10 Iridium commercial
> communications satellites.

Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral are scheduled for April 4, mid-April,
May 3, June 24, one in July, and one in August.

The first flight of a Falcon Heavy is scheduled for September. The
heavy-lift rocket is formed of three Falcon 9 rocket cores strapped together
with 27 Merlin 1D engines firing at liftoff. Now THAT will definitely be
worth watching! Nice video: http://tinyurl.com/qd8dle7

[Byker]

"Savageduck" wrote in message
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> What is truly sad is the waste. I knew several folks involved with the
> construction of 'Slick 6' which was completed, but never used for any
> launch. It is too specialized even for Space-X, and so remains, a pristine
> roost for seagulls and pigeons, a monument to the futility of that
> exercise.

Vandenberg launches weren't announced to the public in advance, so it was a
real treat to see one. One time in the spring of 1968, I was playing
softball and when I looked up into the sky to catch a fly ball, I saw this
brilliant pinpoint of light heading upwards. I knew what it was and I
shouted, "Hey, look!" The game came to a stop and everyone's eyes were
watching its vapor trail go up and be distorted by the high-altitude winds.
One of the teachers said the next day, "It made it," but he didn't specify
whether it was a satellite launch or an ICBM on its way to Kwajalein. It was
probably a satellite because it was headed south.

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:16:47 -0500, "Byker" > wrote:

>"Savageduck" wrote in message
>news:2016031417270837525-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
>>
>> The Vandenberg launches still happen, the next ones on the calendar are
>> the July launch of a Falcon 9 with a payload of 10 Iridium commercial
>> communications satellites.
>
>Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral are scheduled for April 4, mid-April,
>May 3, June 24, one in July, and one in August.
>
>The first flight of a Falcon Heavy is scheduled for September. The
>heavy-lift rocket is formed of three Falcon 9 rocket cores strapped together
>with 27 Merlin 1D engines firing at liftoff. Now THAT will definitely be
>worth watching! Nice video: http://tinyurl.com/qd8dle7

Based on attempts so far, the booster returns should be spectacular!