[Launch Alert] Next Vandenberg Launch

[Brian Webb]

		  ASTRONOMY/SPACE ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
 				  
					Brian Webb
			    Ventura County, California
			   E-mail: kd6nrp@earthlink.net
		   Web Site: http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp

	      Reaching more than 1,970 e-mail addresses worldwide
 				       
						    2003 May 26 (Monday) 21:38 PDT
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			     NEXT VANDENBERG LAUNCH

The Vandenberg AFB launch schedule has undergone some reshuffling in
the last week or so. The next Vandenberg AFB missile launch is
probably a Minuteman III ICBM on an unannounced date in June. The
vehicle will fly a ballistic (non-orbital) trajectory and send one or
more unarmed warheads to an impact area in the Central Pacific.

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				    WEB SITE UPDATES

Several improvements were made to my web site during the past several
days. The updates were limited to the File Library and Vandenberg AFB
Missile Launch Observations pages.

New Files

Five new images were added to the library at the following locations:

	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/dmsp-f15.htm
	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/hale-bopp.htm
	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/ift-7-2.htm
	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/iridium-ms-5-1.htm
	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/peacekeeper-gt-32pa.htm

You'll probably enjoy these images - especially the last two.

Launch Observations

Entries were added at

	http://home.earthlink.net/~kd6nrp/vafbobs.htm

for these recent launches:

	2002 SEP 19 Minuteman III
	2003 MAR 12 Peacekeeper