From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sun Feb 15 2004 - 09:46:27 PST
>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] X-43A Flight Delayed
>Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 07:51:59 -0800
>
>
> LAUNCH ALERT
>
> Brian Webb
> Ventura County, California
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> 2004 February 15 (Sunday) 07:48 PST
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>
> X-43A FLIGHT DELAYED
>
>The February 21st reflight of NASA's X-43A hypersonic research vehicle
>appears to have been delayed for at least a week due to a booster
>software issue. Designed to demonstrate air-breathing engine
>technology at speeds above Mach 5, the unmanned X-43A is now scheduled
>to fly no earlier than February 28th.
>
>On launch day, observers may be able to spot the contrails from the
>F-18 chase planes and the B-52 bomber carrying the X-43A/Pegasus
>booster combination as they fly from Edwards AFB to the launch point
>offshore. The contrails from the chase planes and mother ship may
>also be visible as they return to Edwards.
>
>There's a good chance that favorably placed observers will also see
>the smoke trail from the Pegasus booster as it pushes the X-43A to its
>operating altitude of 95,000 feet. In addition, suitably equipped
>radio enthusiasts across a wide area should be able to hear radio
>communications from the F-18s and the B-52.
>
>The X-43's first flight occurred in June of 2001. The release from the
>B-52 was normal, but the flight was terminated by ground controllers
>when the Pegasus booster/X-43A went out of control shortly after
>booster ignition.
>
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>
> VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
> As of 2004 February 15
>
> Launch
> Time/Window
> Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo
>-------- ----------- ---------- --------
>
>MAR Unannounced Minuteman III LF-09
>ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed warheads. Impact
>area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
>Glory Trip 184GM
>
>APR 17 10:09:12 Delta II SLC-2W
>Payload is NASA's Gravity Probe B satellite
>
>MAY 13 Unannounced Falcon I SLC-3W
>Payload is the Naval Research Laboratory's TacSat-1 satellite
>
>JUN Unannounced Minuteman III LF-10
>ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed warheads. Impact
>area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
>Glory Trip 185GM
>
>JUN 20 Unannounced Delta II SLC-2W
>Payload is NASA's AURA scientific satellite
>
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>
> GLOSSARY
>
>Glory Trip Name given to strategic missile test launches
>LF- Launch facility. A missile silo (such as LF-10)
>PDT Pacific Daylight Time
>PST Pacific Standard Time
>SLC- Space Launch Complex. A launch pad (SLC-2W for example)
>
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