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davepc

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Thu Sep-22-05 09:44 PM
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3. Vandenberg AFB launched a satellite tonight.

Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 09:51 PM by davepc

http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2005/09/21/news/news06.txt

A hybrid rocket set to carry a military research satellite to space near sunset Thursday could provide a colorful light show in the autumn skies.

The Minotaur rocket and its classified payload are scheduled to blast off between 7:24 and 7:40 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-8, the most southern launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The ground-launched hybrid - its lower portion is a retired Minuteman missile and its upper segments are Pegasus rocket parts - is assembled by Orbital Sciences Corp.

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