[oasis-members] Delta IV flight last night

[Weston, Daniel J]

I was following the countdown on the SpaceFlightNow web site and was in
my front yard in Long Beach watching it fly by.  Although it was
partially obstructed by clouds it was still pretty thrilling to me as I
worked Delta 4 during the development years.  Sorry I didn't get any
pictures!

I am still pretty surprised that it was successful with the indian curse
and all.  :-D

Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gounley [mailto:rgounley at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 6:25 AM
To: General discussions between OASIS members and supporters.
Subject: Re: [oasis-members] Delta IV flight last night

Those were probably high clouds at 8:15.  According to Spaceflight Now
(http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d317/)

    "This inaugural West Coast flight of the Evolved Expendable Launch
    Vehicle program began at 8:33 p.m. local time (11:33 p.m. EDT; 0333
    GMT). The liftoff was delayed 19 minutes due to strong winds blowing
    across the hilly launch base."


You saw more than I did though.  It was a busy night and I forgot. :-(

Go to http://www.moonglow.net/ccd/pictures/rocket/index.html to see the
amazing light-show we could have enjoyed. (sigh!)  Anyone see this
themselves, with or without photos?

BTW - Spaceflight Now (http://spaceflightnow.com) is an excellent
resource for viewing scheduled Vandenberg launches.  With their
minute-by-minute status reports you'll quickly learn about delays or
scrubs.

jhamilton818 at charter.net wrote:
> I watched but didn't get any photos. I watched from 7:45 till 8:30 and

> saw little or nothing from Glendale. I saw the contrail very low on 
> the horizon for about a minute starting around 8:15, then nothing. I 
> went inside, came out at 8:55 and saw a thin vapor high to the south. 
> I thought it was quite disappointing.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oasis-members-bounces at oasis-nss.org
> [mailto:oasis-members-bounces at oasis-nss.org]On Behalf Of 
> Spahseebah at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:32 AM
> To: oasis-members at oasis-nss.org
> Subject: [oasis-members] Delta IV flight last night
>
>
> A Delta IV rocket took off from Vandenberg last night around 8:30 
> carrying a spy satellite.  Apparently the launch was quite 
> spectacular.  Did anyone in the L.A. area get any photos?  If so, can 
> you send one to the Odyssey editor at Odyssey_editor at oasis-nss.org.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Bartlett
> OASIS VP