[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

	     ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
				  
			 Brian Webb, KD6NRP
		     Ventura County, California
		  E-mail: 102670.1206@compuserve.com
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				    2002 January 13 (Sunday) 17:40 PST
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		  Southern California Space Newsgroup
				 
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		   Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule
			As of 2002 January 13

	Time/Window
 Date    (PST/PDT)   Vehicle                    Comments
				
FEB 1   08:17-08:27  Titan II       Payload is DMSP F-16 military
				    weather satellite 

FEB 8      09:59     Delta II       Payload is five Iridium commercial
				    communications satellites

MAR 24  13:54-14:05  Delta II       Payload is NASA's AQUA environ-
				    mental satellite

APR     00:01-06:01  Minuteman III  ICBM test launch (non-orbital).
				    Payload is unarmed warhead(s).
				    Impact area is near Kwajalein in
				    the central Pacific. GT-178-GM

MAY     01:01-07:01  Peacekeeper    ICBM test launch (non-orbital).
				    Payload is unarmed warhead(s).
				    Impact area is near Kwajalein in
				    the central Pacific. GT-31-PA

JUN     01:01-07:01  Minuteman III  ICBM test launch (non-orbital).
				    Payload is unarmed warhead(s).
				    Impact area is near Kwajalein in
				    the central Pacific. GT-179-GM

JUN 26  12:22-12:32  Titan II       Payload is NOAA M weather satel-
				    lite.