[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

	     ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
				  
			 Brian Webb, KD6NRP
		     Ventura County, California
			kd6nrp@earthlink.net
	      Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp
				       
				   2001 January 22 (Tuesday) 18:55 PST
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		    Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule
			 As of 2001 January 22
				  
	Time/Window
 Date    (PST/PDT)   Vehicle                    Comments
				
FEB     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

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

APR 18  13:54-14:05  Delta II       Payload is NASA's AQUA
				    environmental satellite

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 25  11:22-11:32  Titan II       Payload is NOAA M weather
				    satellite.

JUL     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-177-GM