[Launch Alert] Wednesday Minuteman Launch

[Brian Webb]

                            LAUNCH ALERT

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

				               2004 June 21 (Monday) 17:57 PDT
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                   MINUTEMAN III LAUNCH SCHEDULED
                     Vandenberg AFB News Release

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An unarmed Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch from North
Vandenberg Wednesday morning.  The six-hour launch window is from 1:01
to 7:01 a.m. PST.

The mission tests the reliability and accuracy of the weapon system.

The launch is a team effort by members of the 30th Space Wing and the
576th Flight Test Squadron here and the 341st Space Wing from
Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

The missiles’ unarmed re-entry vehicles are expected to travel
approximately 4,200 miles in about 30 minutes, hitting pre-determined
targets at the Kwajalein Missile Range in the western chain of the
Marshall Islands.

The nation’s ICBMs are a key component of global stability – a safe,
secure and affordable weapon system that delivers deterrence.

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