[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Wed Mar 16 08:56:24 EST 2005

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				           2005 March 16 (Wednesday) 05:43 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			       As of 2005 March 16

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

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			~11:50-12:33	Minotaur		SLC-8
Payload is XSS-11 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.

NET APR 15		Mid-morning?	Pegasus XL		Offshore
Payload is NASA's DART satellite

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 11		~03:22-03:32	Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the NOAA N environmental satellite

JUN			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 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

NET JUL 15		~03:00		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the CloudSat and CALIPSO environmental satellites

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