[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

				           2007 January 16 (Tuesday) 19:05 PST
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			       As of 2006 January 16

		          Launch
		        Time/Window
   Date		   (PST/PDT)	         Vehicle		Pad/Silo
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FEB 7			To be announced		Minuteman III	LF-10
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

Late Winter		To be announced		Target		---
A refurbished Minuteman II target missile will be launched for the
Missile Defense Agency to test a new sea-based X-band radar. The DoD
will announce the exact launch time several hours in advance

Early Spring	To be announced		GBI			---
A Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) launched from Vandenberg AFB will
attempt to intercept a mock warhead launched from Kodiak, Alaska. This
test is very similar to the test conducted on 2006 SEP 1. Test delayed
from December-January to allow for software changes and upgrades to
the interceptor. The DoD will announce the exact launch time several
hours in advance

APR 25		13:25:16?			Pegasus XL		Offshore
Vehicle will be air-dropped from an L-1011 jumbo jet staged from
Vandenberg AFB. Payload is the AIM scientific satellite. There is
uncertainty regarding the launch time; it is either 13:25:16 or
16:25:26 PDT.

NET JUL 15		To be announced		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the Missile Defense Agency's Block 2010 satellite

Unknown		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

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                          WEB SITE UPDATES

If you haven't been to my Space Archive web site recently, it may be
worth a visit. The site contains articles, photos, and other
interesting space and astronomy-related content.

The following areas of the site were recently updated:

  Astronomical Calendar
  www.spacearchive.info/calendar.htm

  Sunrise and Sunset Times
  www.spacearchive.info/sunrise-sunset.htm

  Astronomical Twilight Times
  www.spacearchive.info/twilight.htm

  Moonrise and Moonset Times
  www.spacearchive.info/moonrise-moonset.htm

  Vandenberg AFB Launch Observations
  www.spacearchive.info/vafbobs.htm

In addition, several news items were added to the site in the last few
weeks. They include the following:

  Rocket Re-entry over Colorado and Wyoming
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-01-04-norad.htm

  Minuteman III Propulsion Contract Awarded
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-01-05-ngc.htm

  Ceremony Marks Minuteman III/MK21 Deployment
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-01-08-ngc.htm

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