[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 October 20 (Wednesday) 20:26 PDT
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		        VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
		            As of 2004 October 20

		     Launch
		   Time/Window
  Date	    (PST/PDT)	       Vehicle	      Pad/Silo
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OCT 26	11:13:32-11:20:32		Pegasus XL		Offshore
Payload is NASA's DART satellite

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


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

FEB 1		~02:00			Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is NOAA N environmental satellite. Launch time is based on
informed speculation

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

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