[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 June 1 (Thursday) 19:04 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			        As of 2006 May 31

			    Launch
			  Time/Window
  Date		   (PST/PDT)	         Vehicle		  Pad/Silo
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JUN 14		To be announced		Minuteman III	  LF-04
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.

JUN 27		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

JUL 19		To be announced		Minuteman III	  LF-09
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.

SEP?			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.

SEP 29		13:22-13:28			Pegasus XL		  Offshore
Payload is the AIM satellite. Airborne launch.

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

NOV 15		To be announced		Atlas V		  SLC-3E
Classified National Reconnaissance Office payload. The DoD will
announce the exact launch time several hours in advance. NRO L-28

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	                   ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
			            2006 June
                Computed for Los Angeles, California

			  Time
  Date		(PST/PDT)				Event
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JUN 3			16:06			First Quarter Moon
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight

JUN 7			01:46			Lunar Conjunction
The Moon passes 0.1° south of Spica. Time of closest approach and
separation computed for the Earth's center and may vary significantly
depending on your location

JUN 11		11:03			Full Moon
Moon rises at sunset, sets at sunrise, and is visible all night

JUN 17-24		---			Star Party
Grand Canyon Star Party. http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/gcsp.html

JUN 18		07:08			Last Quarter Moon
Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon

JUN 20		13:11			Mercury Eastern Elongation
Elusive Mercury attains its greatest angular separation from the Sun
and is visible low in the west at dusk.

JUN 21-24		---			Star Party
6th Annual Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival.
http://www.nps.gov/brca/astronomy_programs.html

JUN 21-26		---			Star Party
Shingletown Star Party. Shingletown, CA
http://shingletownstarparty.org/

JUN 22-25		---			Star Party
Rocky Mountain Star Stare (Colorado)
http://shingletownstarparty.org/

JUN 24-25		---			Dark Sky Weekend
Best time this month to observe faint objects. Amateur astronomers may
hold observing sessions at dark sites

JUN 25		09:05			New Moon
Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and is invisible. Moon rises
at sunrise and sets at sunset

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