20 Jul
2005
20 Jul
'05
3:46 p.m.
An unarmed Minuteman III missile is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg tomorrow morning. The launch window is from 2:01 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. MDT. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle is expected to travel approximately 6,800 kilometers in about 30 minutes, hitting a pre-determined target near Joe Bauman's old home at the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands. I mention this because these launches are sometimes visible (sometimes VERY visible) from northern Utah. I saw one launch from the Midvale Harmons and another from SPOC. Patrick