[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

				            2006 August 15 (Tuesday) 19:06 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			      As of 2006 August 15

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

Late Summer		To be announced		Interceptor		---
Missile defense test. A mock warhead will be launched from Kodiak,
Alaska followed by a Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptor from
Vandenberg AFB. Warhead intercept is not an objective, but may
occur. The DoD will announce the launch window several hours in
advance. FT-2

NOV 4			To be announced		Delta IV		SLC-6
Payload is the DMSP F-17 military weather satellite

DEC			To be announced		Delta II		SLC-2W
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the exact launch time several hours in advance. NROL-21

NET DEC 1		12:22-12:28?		Pegasus XL		Offshore
Airborne launch from L-1011 jumbo jet. Payload is the AIM scientific
satellite

JAN			To be announced		Atlas V		SLC-3E
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the exact launch time several hours in advance. NROL-28

NET FEB		To be announced		Minuteman III	---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads. Impact area is probably the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in
the central Pacific. The Air Force will announce the launch window a
few days in advance. GT-193GM

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