From near San Jose, CA, (37.282, W121.977) about 200 miles north of Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA, I spotted the 1st of two launches of Minuteman III tests scheduled for the early morning of September 28, 2000 Pacific Daylight Time. Unfortunately, fog cresting the hill from where I was watching prevented a good video and photograph, but the 1st vehicle crossed the median (due South) at 1:04:15am PDT (8:04:15GMT), indicating a launch time close to 1:02am PDT. As expected, the flame from the booster stage(s) was bright orange-red and easily visible from the 200 mile plus slant range. From passed experience, I saw the second and third stage burns only -- the 1st stage burn was in the fogbank. I did not stay up to view the 2nd launch attempt scheduled that morning. Some of us have to work for a living! RICK BALDRIDGE Campbell, CA. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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