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> OT: Rocket launch
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post Sep 22 2005, 09:46 PM
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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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post Sep 23 2005, 01:36 PM
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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)

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