Sorry, forgot to add the mission booklet. Here it is:
Window opens at 7:13am Local, 2 hours long. Recommend either shelling out the cash for the KSC Visitor Center (5.5 miles), or Port Canaveral State Road 401 (11.6 miles) or Titusville due west of the pad (13.2 miles).
The launch was postponed beyond the 12th.
My sources says it was moved from the 12th to the 14th and there are no other delays
Advanced Extremely High FrequencyLaunch Vehicle/Mission: ATLAS VDate: August 14Pad: 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force StationLaunch Window: 7:07 AM -- 9:07 AM EDTLaunch Hazard Area period: 5:05 AM - 10:15 AM EDTLaunch Hazard Area: www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-061109-038.doc
All right everyone. I'm off to ole Cocoa Beach and I'll report back on the 16th with pictures of the launch. It's a bit of a shame I won't be closer than 5.5 miles with some low powered cameras but still being able to just go down there and enjoy the event will be good enough for me.
Quote from: DanWerts on 08/11/2010 02:47 pmAll right everyone. I'm off to ole Cocoa Beach and I'll report back on the 16th with pictures of the launch. It's a bit of a shame I won't be closer than 5.5 miles with some low powered cameras but still being able to just go down there and enjoy the event will be good enough for me.FYI, the gate to Playalinda does not open until "sunrise" on a normal day and it's several miles out to the beach parking lot from there. It would be somewhat risky. If you are viewing from Port Canaveral, though, the distance is about 12 miles. The VC/tours don't open that early.
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3954432Start near the southernmost point, time it so you're at the jetty at T=0, which doesn't work so well for a 2hr window. But low tide is about right.