[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Minuteman III Launch

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>To: "Launch Alert" <launch-alert at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Launch Alert] Minuteman III Launch
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 18:16:12 -0700
>
>
>                              LAUNCH ALERT
>
>			           Brian Webb
>		        Ventura County, California
>		        E-mail: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>	         Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info
>
>				            2006 April 5 (Wednesday) 18:12 PDT
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>                         MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH
>                      Vandenberg AFB News Release
>
>VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An unarmed Minuteman III
>intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch from North
>Vandenberg Friday morning as part of a developmental test to
>demonstrate the ability to the weapon system’s effectiveness in a
>stressed environment on extended range. The six-hour launch window is
>from 3:01 a.m. to 9:01 a.m. PST*.
>
>The missile will launch under the direction of the 576th Flight Test
>Squadron here.
>
>Col. Jack Weinstein, 30th Space Wing commander, is the spacelift
>commander.
>
>Members of the 576th FLTS here installed tracking, telemetry and
>command destruct systems on the missile to collect data and meet
>safety requirements.
>
>The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle is expected to travel
>approximately 5,100 miles, hitting a pre-determined water target near
>Guam in the northern Mariana Islands.
>
>The joint operation combines Air Force, Navy and Army range tracking
>and weather surveillance.
>
>“Our nation’s ICBM force is a key component to global stability, and
>our Airmen are critical in Vandenberg’s ongoing mission to verify,
>validate and enhance that capability,” Colonel Weinstein said.
>
>The entire ICBM community, including the Department of Defense and
>the Department of Energy will use the data collected through this
>mission.
>
>* This should probably say PDT - Editor
>
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>                           COUNTDOWN STATUS
>
>Friday's launch is a military weapon system test. There will probably
>be no countdown status available to the public.
>
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>                         E-MAIL CONSIDERATIONS
>
>In the days leading up to a launch, I'm often very busy and have a
>hard time answering questions via e-mail. Many questions about launch
>viewing and photography can be answered by reading the following
>pages:
>
>    www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm
>
>    www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm
>
>Following a launch, I receive anywhere from a handful to literally
>hundreds of e-mails. However, just when I may be under a deadline and
>trying to send an important e-mail, I can be flooded with incoming
>launch observations and photos.
>
>To prevent any problems, I ask that you do the following:
>
>    - Only send images that are of high quality
>
>    - Send no more than three images
>
>    - Do not send any photo, video, or other attachments larger than
>      750 kB.
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