On 01/03/18 10:05 AM, George Roberts via Seesat-l wrote: > I don't think there were any orbital rocket launches jan 1 or jan 2 > 2018(note that 5pm PST January 1 is January 2 in UT so that's why I > mention both dates as a launch then may be listed as Jan 2). Most > launches visible from the USA are from the East coast (Florida, > Virginia). Rockets tend to be visible only for about 10 minutes at > the most (because then the motor shuts down) and would have to launch > within about 500 miles of your location to ever be straight overhead > an observer. > > SpaceX does do launches from Vandenberg air force base in California. > They tend to head directly to the west over the ocean and should not > have been remotely straight up as seen from Nevada. Actually, the vast majority of orbital launches from Vandenberg head in a southerly direction since they are being targeted to a near-polar orbit. Missile tests would head westerly toward Kwajalein, the usual target area. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Jan 03 2018 - 09:34:26 UTC
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