[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 February 15 (Tuesday) 18:47 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
		           As of 2005 February 15

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

FEB-MAR		To be announced		Minuteman III	---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads. 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.

MAR			Unknown			Minotaur		SLC-8
Payload is XSS-11 satellite

Late MAR-APR	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.

APR-JUN		~02:22-02:32		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the NOAA N environmental satellite

APR-JUN		Mid-morning?		Pegasus XL		Offshore
Payload is NASA's DART satellite.

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.

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.

MAY			Unknown			Minotaur		SLC-8
Payload is STP-R1 satellite

JUN			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.

JUN 5			Unknown			Delta IV		SLC-6
Payload is the DMSP-17 military weather satellite

JUN 17		~03:00			Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the CloudSat and CALIPSO environmental satellites

JUN 30		To be announced		Titan IV		SLC-4E
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the launch time about 24-hours in advance. NROL-20

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