This Tuesday evening (06-27) a Delta IV rocket on the inaugural launch from the west coast, is scheduled to launch the NRO L-22 classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite from SLC-6, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Launch attempt is scheduled sometime between 10 p.m. EDT. to 12 a.m. EDT. (6-28). (due to this being a military payload the exact launch time not known until close to launch time) Satellite separation is scheduled for 54 minutes after launch. Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6) was originally constructed for the Air Force's manned orbiting laboratory space station project in the 1960s, then was rebuilt in the 1980s for west coast space shuttle launches to be used by military. Both projects were canceled without even a liftoff and the pad just sat idle since then with just a brief use in the 1990's launching the Athena booster that had failures during the first couple launches except the last one having success. The pad only had one Space Shuttle (Enterprise) on it for fitting tests. The Delta 4 was assembled on the pad in October of 2003 and has remained on the pad since awaiting launch. Many delays has kept it grounded, first with the payload being delayed, then there was concerns about fuel sloshing in the second stage a day before the planed launch October 5th, 2005 and a workers strike halted the Delta program for a couple months. Satellite Broadcast Coordinates: AMC-1 @ 103.0°W Transponder 17C (4040 H) Coverage is expected to start at 9:45 p.m. EDT Webcast Available: Visit http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta4/nro_l-22/index.html for posted webcast link on launch day. Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d317/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta4/nro_l-22/index.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network IA-6 (T6) Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/EyMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Sat subcarrier and net streaming audio programming and locations: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BROADCASTFINDER/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
