[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 16 (Wednesday) 17:29 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
		           As of 2005 November 16

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

DEC?		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?		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.

MAR		Unknown			Minotaur		SLC-8
Payload is COSMIC scientific satellites

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