SpaceX First Pacific Island orbital launch?

SpaceX First Pacific Island orbital launch?


Re the expected SpaceX orbital launch of 'Falcon-1' from Kwajelain
about December 19
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have been
launches
from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in California out
over the
ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship. But from any island?
I can't think of any but these days that's no historical proof! grin

Jim O

In message
"Jim Oberg" wrote:

is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island?

Depends how you classify Australia and Japan? :-)

Anthony

Jim Oberg wrote:
SpaceX First Pacific Island orbital launch?


Re the expected SpaceX orbital launch of 'Falcon-1' from Kwajelain
about December 19
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have been
launches
from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in California out
over the
ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship. But from any island?
I can't think of any but these days that's no historical proof! grin

Jim O



Jonathan's Space Report Launch Log doesn't list any satellite launches
from Pacific
islands.

http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html

http://planet4589.org/space/log/launch.html

http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt

There have been satellite launches from Vandenburg, Point Arguello,
Kodiak Alaska, Japan and Australia, around the Pacific rim.


Johnston Island has launched numerous sub-orbital flights, some with
apogees up to 1,000 km. Live nuclear armed missiles have also been
launched and detonated. But no orbital flights have been launched from
there.

http://www.astronautix.com/sites/johsland.htm


Rusty

In article ,
Jim Oberg wrote:
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have been
launches from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in
California out over the ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship...

The Pegasus launch aircraft operated from Kwajalein for the 9 Oct 2000
launch of HETE 2. Other than that, if you don't consider Japan to be
Pacific islands :-), I can't think of any.
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Jim Oberg wrote:
SpaceX First Pacific Island orbital launch?


Re the expected SpaceX orbital launch of 'Falcon-1' from Kwajelain
about December 19
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have been
launches
from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in California out
over the
ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship. But from any island?
I can't think of any but these days that's no historical proof! grin

Jim O

A Pegasus launch was staged from Kwajalein on October 9, 2000.
If you count the runway as the "launch" site, then the Kwaj runway
hosted a space launch when Orbital's L1011 lifted off with a Pegasus
carrying NASA's HETE-2 .

- Ed Kyle

"Jim Oberg" wrote in message
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SpaceX First Pacific Island orbital launch?


Re the expected SpaceX orbital launch of 'Falcon-1' from Kwajelain
about December 19
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have
been launches
from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in California out
over the
ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship. But from any island?
I can't think of any but these days that's no historical proof! grin

Jim O

Australia :-)

Henry and Ed, thanks - this was exactly
the sort of thing I had forgotten!!

"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Jim Oberg wrote:
(http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...211update.html),
is this the first-ever orbital launch from a Pacific island? There have
been
launches from Pacific rim coastal sites, and from aircraft based in
California out over the ocean, and of course from the 'Sea Launch' ship...

The Pegasus launch aircraft operated from Kwajalein for the 9 Oct 2000
launch of HETE 2. Other than that, if you don't consider Japan to be
Pacific islands :-), I can't think of any.
--
spsystems.net is temporarily off the air; | Henry Spencer
mail to henry at zoo.utoronto.ca instead. |

"Jim Oberg" wrote in
:

So, we'll fudge and say it's a launch from the smallest
island ever? Flyspeck, er, Omelek could hardly be
much smaller than it is.

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
"Jim Oberg" wrote in
:

So, we'll fudge and say it's a launch from the smallest
island ever? Flyspeck, er, Omelek could hardly be
much smaller than it is.

--Damon

Perhaps we could say that it will be the first space launch
from an island that has to be *entirely* evacuated before
the final countdown?

- Ed Kyle

"Ed Kyle" wrote:


Damon Hill wrote:
"Jim Oberg" wrote in
:

So, we'll fudge and say it's a launch from the smallest
island ever? Flyspeck, er, Omelek could hardly be
much smaller than it is.

--Damon

Perhaps we could say that it will be the first space launch
from an island that has to be *entirely* evacuated before
the final countdown?

Hmm... What about the shots from Johnston Island during the atomic
testing?

D.
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