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| 914GT |
 Sep 22 2005, 09:46 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,101 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Tucson Member No.: 2,923 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Any of you southern Cal. folks see the launch this evening from Vandenberg? A Minotaur satellite was launched about 7:25 PM PDT. Got a great view of it from Tucson. Here's a short video clip I made. It's not great due to difficulty focusing and some trees in the foreground.
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| Katmanken |
Sep 23 2005, 01:36 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I've been close to two launches.
Second one was one mile away from a night Delta launch. It was a night launch and I was in a fenced in area. The ground shook, you heard it immediately (not 7 minutes later) and the whole area lit up like daylight. First one was a Titan launch. A bunch of us went up to Port Canaveral Jetty park from college and were partying. The launch was abnormally low and unusually north to south (spook bird) and came screaming in over Jetty Park. Mitch was standing on a Coral rock (and a little drunk at the time (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) ) when the shock wave knocked him into the water.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Ken |
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914GT OT: Rocket launch Sep 22 2005, 09:46 PM
swood Yep, really bright and clear in all that marine la... Sep 22 2005, 09:53 PM campbellcj I saw it on the way home from work tonite (I live ... Sep 22 2005, 09:56 PM TonyAKAVW ARGG!! http://www.914w... Sep 22 2005, 10:19 PM Lou W Saw it here in Eastern Riverside county, Hemet. Sa... Sep 22 2005, 10:54 PM kwales I've seen almost every launch from Cape Kenned... Sep 23 2005, 10:42 AM Headrage I used to work on south Vandenberg at a guidance s... Sep 23 2005, 10:58 AM zymurgist I remember when I was a kid growing up in south Fl... Sep 23 2005, 12:54 PM SGB I wenrt to the Appolo 17 launch back when my Uncle... Sep 23 2005, 01:10 PM
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