XPost: talk.politics.guns, sac.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
XPost: alt.california
From: shut.up@once.invalid

x  wrote:

> As far as this post is concerned.
>
> 1. Space shots often go from west to east.  This is to
> take advantage of the Earth's rotation which also goes
> from west to east. Therefore a lot of space launches
> in southern California may go over ... Phoenix and
> Las Vegas.

Again. No.  Rockets are not launched to orbit overland from Vandenberg,
or anywhere else on the west coast.  Launching over populated areas is a
big no-no.

Vandenberg is only used for launching to low earth orbit.  Most LEO
satellites want to be in an approximately polar orbit, for maximum
coverage of the earth.  Launches from Vandenberg are always to the south
or southeast.

If the trajectory has to be eastward, the launch will be done from
Florida where there is thousands of miles of open ocean in case of major
fubarage.

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