[I got to see part of the Delta 4 as it flew south down the southern
California coast this morning, but due to a deck of clouds it made
viewing difficult]
Boeing release
Boeing Delta IV Launches Critical Military Weather Satellite
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 04, 2006 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta IV rocket today
carried a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite into
orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The launch was the second
West Coast mission completed for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable
Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.
Liftoff of the Delta IV Medium occurred at 5:53 a.m. Pacific time from
Space Launch Complex (SLC) 6. The DMSP-17 payload was successfully
deployed approximately 18 minutes later.
"The DMSP constellation has the critical job of providing specialized
weather data to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on
land and in the air," said Dan Collins, vice president of Boeing Launch
Systems. "The Delta team is proud to contribute to this important
capability for national defense with this first launch of a DMSP
satellite aboard a Delta rocket."
This was the seventh Delta IV launch since the configuration began
flying in November 2002 and the third of the Medium configuration. This
was the first direct injection mission for Delta IV.
"With this second successful launch of a Delta IV from the West Coast
this year, and the third Delta IV mission in 2006, we are seeing this
new launch vehicle family being put through its paces and building a
record of reliability," Collins added. "I'm very pleased with the
vehicle performance and the dedication to mission success demonstrated
by the Delta team."
The Delta IV for the DMSP-17 mission comprised a common booster core and
first stage powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 engine. The
second stage was powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine
with an extendible nozzle. A four-meter-diameter composite fairing
topped the stack and encapsulated the payload.
SLC-6 is the West Coast launch site for the Boeing Delta IV family of
launch vehicles that provides the Air Force the strategic capability to
launch national security satellites to polar, Sun-synchronous and
high-inclination orbits. It can support all five configurations of the
Delta IV family.
Major suppliers for the Delta IV family are Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne,
Canoga Park, Calif., for first and second stage engines; Alliant
Techsystems (ATK), Minneapolis, Minn., for composite and propulsion
technologies, and L-3 Communications Corp., New York, N.Y., for the
guidance computer.
The next Delta launch will be of a GPS navigation satellite aboard a
Delta II from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in mid-November.
###
--
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/
**In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)**
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/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> 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/
