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Posted by SBGrad
 - February 06, 2016, 06:17:24 AM
I don't know which pad they use for the Atlas, but Space X launches from SLC-4 and there are off base places where you can watch that are approx 4nm from the pad.  I was up there for the launch of Jason 3 last month, and there were a few hundred cars lined up on the sides of the road.  Unfortunately, there was a heavy marine layer and we couldn't see anything, but we could easily hear the rocket and feel the shock wave from the exhaust.

Posted by Jorbar1551
 - February 05, 2016, 08:41:59 PM
I wasn't aware you could get this close to the launches.
Posted by defmatnyc
 - December 13, 2014, 11:01:33 PM
NROL-35 / Atlas V 541 launch at Vandenberg AFB, CA. click below for the FLICKR set..!

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