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Offline envy887

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Re: Air Force Identifies CCAFS southbound polar launch azimuth
« Reply #60 on: 01/11/2018 08:36 pm »
Isn't this analogous to N Korea overflying Japan? Tokyo has talked about attempting to shoot down overflying rockets.
Major difference between rockets carrying non-weapon payloads and rockets capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
The former is the subject of this thread. The latter is what North Korea has been doing.
The difference is that the orbital launch vehicle (presumably New Glenn based on discussions in that thread) could be more destructive if it fell on Cuba than the smaller North Korean missile might be if it fell on Japan.  Missiles being tested don't carry live warheads.

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Does North Korea issue NOTAMs or publish launch activities?

If you don't know what is launching and when, and why, you'd be far more inclined to shoot it down. Especially if it's coming from someone who constantly threatens to shoot missiles at you...

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Re: Air Force Identifies CCAFS southbound polar launch azimuth
« Reply #61 on: 10/09/2019 02:38 pm »
Twitter thread from Gillian Rich @IBD_GRich

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Work out of the day, running up the stairs at the Capitol south metro with a backpack on bc the escalator is broken...but stay tuned for updates from a breakfast talk by Gen Douglas Schiess, Commander of the 45th Space Wing 🚀🚀

Schiess is discussing the goal to launch 48 rockets (about one per week) from the Eastern range in a year. 33 launches are scheduled so far through Sept in 2020.
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Right now all polar launches are from the western range but SpaceX is working on a polar launch from the eastern range. Still most will be done out of Vandenberg AFB

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Schiess said that the spacex launch isn’t on the schedule yet but the are working with the company and would get back to me with details

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