[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Delta II Launch Successful

[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] Delta II Launch Successful
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:08:36 -0700
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>                              LAUNCH ALERT
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>			            Brian Webb
>		         Ventura County, California
>		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>	               http://www.spacearchive.info
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>				         2007 September 18 (Tuesday) 16:04 PDT
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>                      DELTA II LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
>                      Vandenberg AFB News Release
>
>VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Vandenberg successfully launched a
>Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the DigitalGlobe WorldView-1 satellite,
>at 11:35 a.m. today from Space Launch Complex-2 on north Vandenberg.
>
>The WorldView-1 satellite will provide high-resolution images of Earth.
>
>The successful launch took place on the Air Force's 60th Anniversary
>and made the 60-year Anniversary more special for the men and women of
>the 30th Space Wing.
>
>"What better way to celebrate our 60 years of service to this nation
>than to have the opportunity to launch a payload into space," said
>Col. Steve Tanous, 30th Space Wing commander.  "The Air Force has been
>involved in exploring the high frontier since the beginning of the
>"space age" and we will continue to turn today's science fiction into
>reality.
>
>"Vandenberg has had a major role in the space and missile fields and
>will continue to do so for years to come," he added.
>
>Colonel Tanous was also the spacelift commander for this launch.
>
>This launch also marks the 75th consecutive successful Delta II launch
>from both coasts dating back to May 5, 1997.
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