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ROPA - Update - January 25, 2007
Now the moon is up all night, and getting stronger every night; it washes out the aurora so we can't see it or record it. Thus we need to wait for the next "moon-down" 2 week window, approximately Feb 5-20. Launching in this February window is the last chance for us this winter, as we cannot launch in March or later because sunlight on the payload will blind the onboard cameras; thus the Labelle "CHARM" rocket group has graciously agreed to let us slip into their spot as their mission does not have this March restriction. Hopefully either we or the 4th mission will launch early enough in the February window to allow the Labelle mission to be staged and launched in the remainder of the February window so that nobody has to come back in March. Updates to be continued Feb 5th/6th.