[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                            LAUNCH ALERT

			           Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		        E-mail: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	         Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info

			              2004 December 15 (Wednesday) 19:31 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			     As of 2004 December 15


		                Launch
		              Time/Window
      Date		         (PST/PDT)	     Vehicle       Pad/Silo
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FEB			      To be announced     Minuteman III    ---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads (probably Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at
Kwajalein in the central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the
date and launch window about 36-hours in advance. Glory Trip 187GM

Late FEB-Early-MAR	10:00-13:00         Falcon I         SLC-3W
Payload is the Naval Research Laboratory's TacSat-1 satellite. The
launch window is fixed and does not change if the launch date changes.

MAR 1			      To be announced     Delta IV         SLC-6
Classified National Reconaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the launch time about 24-hours in advance. NROL-22

MAR 2			      Mid-morning         Pegasus XL       Offshore
Payload is NASA's DART satellite

MAR 10			~02:00              Delta II         SLC-2W
Payload is the NOAA N environmental satellite. Launch time is based on
informed speculation

APR			      To be announced     Minuteman III    ---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads (probably Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at
Kwajalein in the central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the date
and launch window about 36-hours in advance. Glory Trip 188GB

MAY			      To be announced     Peacekeeper      ---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads (probably Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at
Kwajalein in the central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the date
and launch window about 36-hours in advance. Glory Trip 34-PA

MAY 26			~03:00?             Delta II         SLC-2W
Payload is the CloudSat and CALIPSO environmental satellites. Launch
time is based on informed speculation

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