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bajaguy
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Rocket launch 12-18-18
From Vandenberg AFB, California
Launch Date: Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018
Launch Time: 5:57 p.m. PST
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/delta-iv-nrol-71
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David K
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Thanks, Terry!
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Bubba
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Hope it's a go!
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fishbuck
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Launch scrubed. Some thing-a-ma-jiggy wasn't working right.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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bajaguy
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"thing-a-ma-jiggy".....is that pilot talk for high winds??
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fishbuck
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Didn't know it was weather. I wasn't on the flying scehdule for that mission.
But thank you for the update.
I saw a night launch a few weeks ago and it was spectacular.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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BornFisher
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PM?
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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David K
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YES, Here is from the rocket launch website: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
Dec. 19/20Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-71
Launch time: 0144 GMT on 20th (8:44 p.m. EST; 5:44 p.m. PST on 19th)
Launch site: SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of
the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket.
Delayed from Sept. 26.
Moved forward from Dec. 3.
Delayed from Nov. 29.
Scrubbed on Dec. 7 by an issue with holdfire circuitry.
Scrubbed on Dec. 8 at T-minus 7.5 seconds.
Scrubbed on Dec. 18 by high ground winds.
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BornFisher
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Anyone know if it will go south? Sometimes they go west.
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Paco Facullo
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"thing-a-ma-jiggy" sometimes also referred to as a " Do-hicky"
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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David K
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It's a spy satellite, so polar orbit (south) is likely.
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Bubba
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Last one scrubbed due to weather?
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John Harper
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High wind. Here's the forecast for Lompoc, just east of VAFB. Calm today, hopefully same at the launch site.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Lompoc&am...
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Bubba
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I'm in Pismo, no wind at the moment.
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Cardon
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As a kid growing up in Long Beach we loved to watch missile launches , especially when things went wrong and they exploded. Explosions make the most
wonderful patterns in the sky that lasted a long long time since they were so high in the sky.
As an adult I dread missile explosions as I now realize they aren't free fireworks.
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David K
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Delta Heavy is Ready!
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willardguy
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another scrub.......
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LancairDriver
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Good thing it’s a peaceful satellite launch and we’re not under attack.
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shari
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yet another anti-climactic gathering on the upstairs patio in giddy anticipation of watching a rocket launch...great excuse for c-cktails up there
with whoever is in the hood.
Better luck tomorrow we hope!
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AKgringo
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Oddly enough, right about the scheduled launch time something apparently in the upper atmosphere either created a contrail, or burned up over northern
California.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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