So Cal...what do you think they're launching in the sky right now?

Go outside. Two of them.

That takes two, target and interceptor vehicles?

But I amin Coachella Valley, lotsa mountains around. Beautifull sunset tho. One time I thought that I was witnessing the second coming, some of these events are spectacular.
PS. Look for Mars in the southern sky this month. By the end of the month it will be the second brightest body in the sky.

great sunset tonight, just an incredible intense orange.

I didn't see any twin rockets. Where in So Cal are you?

Love your art BTW..think I might have told you before.

But I'd guess a couple of spy sattelites out of Vandenburg

Two of them parellel. Watched them both climb then came in posted and went back out and saw one that actually looked like it disintegrated.

Shut down SDI or whatever they call it and work on real secuity. Start saving money by shutting this bs down.

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Launch Site: LF-26

August 2003
The Minuteman is a strategic weapon system using a ballistic missile of intercontinental range. Missiles are dispersed in hardened silos to protect against attack and connected to an underground launch control center through a system of hardened cables. Launch crews, consisting of two officers, perform around-the-clock alert in the launch control center.

A variety of communication systems provide the National Command Authorities with highly reliable, virtually instantaneous direct contact with each launch crew. Should command capability be lost between the launch control center and remote missile launch facilities, specially-configured E-6B airborne launch control center aircraft automatically assume command and control of the isolated missile or missiles. Fully qualified airborne missile combat crews aboard airborne launch control center aircraft would execute the NCA orders.

An extensive life extension program is under way to keep the missiles safe, secure and reliable well into the 21st century. These major programs include: replacement of the aging guidance system, remanufacture of the solid-propellant rocket motors, replacement of standby power systems, repair of launch facilities, and installation of updated, survivable communications equipment, and new command and control consoles to enhance immediate communications.

Pegasus - SCISAT

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Launch Site: BOA

August 2003
The principal goal of the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) mission is to investigate the chemical processes that are involved in the distribution of ozone in the atmosphere. The ACE mission will work in conjunction with other instruments and missions planned by NASA, the European Space Agency, and other international partners over the next decade to gain a better understanding of the chemistry and dynamics of the atmosphere that affect the Earth's protective ozone layer. The analysis of the large amount of data that will be collected will lead to a more informed assessment of international environmental policies such as the Montreal Protocol for the elimination of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

The overall objective of the ACE mission is to improve our understanding of the depletion of the ozone layer, paying close attention to what is happening over Canada and the Arctic. The measurements obtained by the ACE-FTS and MAESTRO instruments will be combined with data gathered by ground-based, balloon-based and other space-based projects in order to obtain the best possible information to predict future trends relating to the ozone layer and its depletion.

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huh?? elaborate please :)