[Launch Alert] Wednesday Missile Launch

Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:12:43 -0800

		ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

				  Brian Webb, KD6NRP
			    Ventura County, California
			   E-mail: [email protected]
		 Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp

						   2003 March 9 (Sunday) 19:20 PST
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			     WEDNESDAY MISSILE LAUNCH

	  The following is a news release from Vandenberg AFB

7 March 2003
RELEASE NUMBER 03-0304
Peacekeeper Launch

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. � Team Vandenberg is set to launch an unarmed
Peacekeeper missile here Wednesday during a launch window that opens
one minute past midnight until 6:01 a.m.

The Peacekeeper missile was randomly selected from operational
missiles at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. It is part of a routine Force
Deployment and Evaluation program used to verify the accuracy and
reliability of the Peacekeeper force.

The launch team consists of members of the 30th Space Wing and the
576th Flight Test Squadron here and the 400th Missile Operations
Squadron at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. The launch commander for the mission
is Col. Robert M. Worley II, commander, 30th Space Wing.