A Delta II, out of Vandenberg, with a new weather satellite, with a ten-minute window starting at 2:22 AM Pacific. The place I’m staying has a good view from the roof patio, but I’m afraid that the Pacific storm moving in tonight and tomorrow will obscure it. On the other hand, it may also delay it. If they don’t get out tonight, though, I’d guess they’ll have to scrub until after the second front moves through on Saturday.
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Rand, if you’re listening, how close can you get to the launch at Vandeburg? I’ve always wanted to drive up (from OC) and see one.
Unless you have an in (you are part of the launch contractor or the Air Force) the best you can do as a civilian is Lompoc. It’s not a bad view, but you can’t see the liftoff, because it occurs behind the hills. You’ll see it rising up above them half a minute or so (IIRC) after launch. Once when we were driving up to the Bay Area we decided to spend the night in a motel there because there was a Delta launch scheduled in the middle of the night. We set the alarm and got up in time to see and hear it from the motel parking lot.