[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Friday Morning 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] Friday Morning Launch
>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:12:12 -0700
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>
>                              LAUNCH ALERT
>
>			           Brian Webb
>		         Ventura County, California
>		            kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>	               http://www.spacearchive.info
>
>				          2008 June 19 (Thursday) 05:58 PDT
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>                       FRIDAY VANDENBERG LAUNCH
>
>A Delta II rocket carrying the OSTM/Jason-2 oceanographic satellite
>is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB early Friday morning. The
>Delta is set to lift-off from Space Launch Complex 2-West during a
>launch window that extends from 00:46:25 to 00:55:25 PDT.
>
>Following lift-off, the Delta will head southward and insert its
>payload into a 1,317 x 1,329 km initial orbit with an inclination of
>66°.
>
>If the weather is clear, Friday's launch should be visible from King
>City to coastal Orange County and 100 miles inland.
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>			            RESOURCES
>
>Space journalist Justin Ray provides current countdown status for many
>launches on the Web. He may do so for this launch as well. Point your
>browser to:
>
>    http://www.spaceflightnow.com
>
>NASA TV will cover the mission. Coverage of launch countdown will
>begin at 10:45 p.m. PDT, tonight. Coverage will be webcast at:
>
>    http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
>
>TV coverage of the OSTM/Jason 2 launch also will be available on
>satellite AMC-6, transponder 12.
>
>Extensive prelaunch and launch day coverage of the OSTM/Jason 2
>mission will be available on the NASA Web site at:
>
>    http://www.nasa.gov
>
>A prelaunch webcast is set for 9 a.m. PDT today. The webcast will
>give visitors a close-up look at the mission, including how the
>countdown will unfold, what goes into a launch and why the spacecraft
>will be sent into orbit from California. Launch and mission experts
>will talk about the mission and what similar spacecraft have told us
>about Earth's oceans.
>
>Tonight, live countdown coverage on NASA's launch blog begins at
>10:45 p.m. PDT. Coverage features real-time updates of countdown
>milestones, as well as streaming video clips highlighting launch
>preparations and liftoff.
>
>To access these interactive features, go to NASA's OSTM/Jason 2
>mission Web site at:
>
>http://www.nasa.gov/ostm
>
>For information about launch viewing and photography, refer to the
>following pages:
>
>    www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm
>
>    www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm
>
>For detailed information about the OSTM/Jason-2 mission, go to:
>
>    Launch Press Kit
>
>    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/jason-2.pdf
>
>    OSTM Science Writers Guide
>
>    http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/226999main_OSTM_SWG_final.pdf
>
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