[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] GeoEye-1 Launch Now Sept. 6

[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] GeoEye-1 Launch Now Sept. 6
>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:36:04 -0700
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>                               LAUNCH ALERT
>
>                               Brian Webb
>                      Ventura County, California
>                          kd6nrp at earthlink.net
>                      http://www.spacearchive.info
>
>                              2008 September 4 (Thursday) 17:34 PDT
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>                      GEOEYE-1 LAUNCH NOW SEPT. 6
>
>Sept. 4, 2008 - Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that the commercial launch
>of the GeoEye-1 earth-imaging satellite is scheduled for Sept. 6
>aboard a Delta II rocket.
>The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg
>Air Force Base, Calif., with a launch window of 84 seconds opening at
>11:50:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
>
>GeoEye-1, owned by GeoEye, Inc., (Nasdaq:GEOY) of Dulles, Va., will
>have the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system capable
>of collecting images with a ground resolution of 0.41-meters or 16
>inches in the panchromatic or black and white mode, and multispectral
>(color) imagery at 1.65-meter ground resolution. The satellite was
>built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.
>Boeing Launch Services procured the launch vehicle and associated
>support services from United Launch Alliance. A Delta II 7420-10
>configuration launch vehicle is expected to deploy the GeoEye-1
>spacecraft approximately 58 minutes after liftoff.
>
>
>Boeing will broadcast the launch throughout the continental United
>States at:
>Satellite:  AMC-1 C17
>Orbital Location: 103 Degrees West
>Uplink Frequency: 6265 MHz Vertical
>Downlink Frequency: 4040 MHz Horizontal
>Audio: 6.2 and 6.8
>
>The broadcast begins at 11:00 a.m., PDT with bars and tone and ends
>about 1:00 p.m.
>
>A one-hour test signal will be broadcast Sept. 5 from VAFB beginning
>at 1:00 p.m.
>
>Boeing will web cast the launch at:
>http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/335/
>
>Viewers may also access the live web cast at: www.geoeye.com or
>http://launch.geoeye.com
>
>Adapted from a Boeing media advisory
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