[Chaos-l] Streaming of launch of Landsat

[Jon Stewart-Taylor]

If you want to watch the launch of a bigger rocket that that little  
shrimp they lofted from Wallops a while back, Nasa are streaming the  
launch of the new Landsat:

    http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/watch-live-landsat-launch/

To quote the web page:

> At 10:01 a.m. PST, a team of scientists and engineers will hold  
> their breath as the newest Landsat satellite is launched into space  
> aboard an Atlas V rocket. Landsat 8 carries one of the most  
> sophisticated Earth-observing systems, but it also carries the  
> weight of a record-breaking 40-year-long continuous mission.

Not  much chance of seeing it from here, though.

J.
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