[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 November 1 (Tuesday) 18:18 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
		            As of 2005 November 1

		    	    Launch
		  	  Time/Window
  Date		     (PST)			 Vehicle		Pad/Silo
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NOV?			~02:00			Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the CloudSat and CALIPSO environmental satellites

NET NOV?		To be announced		Delta IV		SLC-6
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the exact launch time several hours in advance. NRO L-22

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

FEB			To be announced		Minuteman III	---
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 a few
days in advance.

Mid-FEB?		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.

FEB 28		05:57:21-07:19:21		Pegasus XL		Offshore
Payload is JPL's SpaceTech 5 satellite

MAR			Unknown			Minotaur		SLC-8
Payload is COSMIC scientific satellites

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	        Southern California Astronomical Events
			        for 2005 November

			  Time
  Date		  (PST)				Event
--------		---------		-----------------------------

NOV 1			17:24			New Moon
Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and is invisible. Moon rises
at sunrise and sets at sunset

NOV 3			08:00			Mercury Eastern Elongation
Elusive Mercury attains its greatest angular separation from the Sun
and is visible low in the west at dusk.

NOV 3			11:00			Venus Eastern Elongation
Venus attains its greatest angular separation from the Sun and is
visible in the west at dusk.

NOV 3			~15:00		Lunar Conjunction
The Moon passes 1.3° south of Mercury. Time and separation computed
for the Earth's center and may vary significantly for other locations

NOV 4-5		---			Dark Sky Weekend
Best time this month to observe faint objects. Amateur astronomers may
hold observing sessions at dark sites

NOV 5			~11:00		Lunar Conjunction
The Moon passes 1.4° south of Venus. Time and separation computed for
the Earth's center and may vary significantly for other locations

NOV 7			00:00			Mars Opposition
Mars is opposite the Sun with respect to Earth and rises at sunset.

NOV 8			17:57			First Quarter Moon
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight

NOV 14		~22:00		Lunar Conjunction
The Moon passes 3° north of Mars. Time and separation computed for the
Earth's center and may vary significantly for other locations

NOV 15		16:57			Full Moon
Moon rises at sunset, sets at sunrise, and is visible all night

NOV 23		14:11			Last Quarter Moon
Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon

NOV 24		08:00			Mercury Inferior Conjunction
Mercury passes between the Earth and the Sun and is lost in the Sun's
glare.

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