[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

				            2005 August 16 (Tuesday) 18:35 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			      As of 2005 August 16

		        Launch
		      Time/Window
  Date		 (PST/PDT)	            Vehicle	      Pad/Silo
--------	   ---------------	   -------------	      --------

AUG 25	   To be announced	   Minuteman III	      LF-26
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads. Impact area is the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the
central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the launch window about
36-hours in advance.

SEP 7		   To be announced	   Minuteman III	      LF-04
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads. Impact area is the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the
central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the launch window about
36-hours in advance.

SEP 14	   To be announced	   Minuteman III	      LF-09
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads. Impact area is the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the
central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the launch window about
36-hours in advance.

SEP 29	   ~03:00			   Delta II	            SLC-2W
Payload is the CloudSat and CALIPSO environmental satellites

OCT?		   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.

OCT 19	   To be announced	   Titan IV	            SLC-4E
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the launch time about 24-hours in advance.

NOV		   To be announced	   Delta IV	            SLC-6
Payload is the DMSP F-17 military weather satellite

DEC		   Unknown			   Minotaur	            SLC-8
Payload is COSMIC scientific satellites

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