[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		             kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	               http://www.spacearchive.info

				               2007 July 16 (Monday) 17:43 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
		             As of 2007 July 15

		         Launch
		       Time/Window
  Date		  (PST/PDT)	             Vehicle	        Pad/Silo
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Summer	     To be announced	    Minuteman III         ---
The vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a
ballsitic trajectory to an impact area in the Central Pacific. The Air
Force will anounce the launch date and window a few days in advance.

SEP?		     To be announced	    Delta II              SLC-2W
Payload is the Worldview 1 commercial Earth imaging satellite. The
booster will use the Delta-7420-10C configuration and insert the
payload into a sun-synchronous orbit

NET NOV 8	     To be announced	    Delta II              SLC-2W
Payload is the Missile Defense Agency's Block 2010 satellite

2007?		     To be announced	    Delta II              SLC-2W
Payload is the GeoEye 1 commercial Earth imaging satellite. The
booster will use the Delta-7420-10C configuration and insert the
payload into a 425-mile (684-kilometer), 98°, sun-synchronous orbit
with a 10:30 a.m. equator crossing time

2007?		     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

2007?		     To be announced	    GBI                   ---
An anti-missile interceptor 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 test was attempted on MAY 25, but was aborted after
the target missile malfunctioned following launch.

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                          WEB SITE UPDATES

The following news stories were recently added to the Space Archive
web site:

  Great Perseids
  http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-07-11-nasa.htm

  Astronomers Find Most Distant Galaxies
  http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-07-09-cit.htm

  Hydrocarbons Found on Saturn Moon
  http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-07-04-jpl.htm

  Southern California Astronomy Exposition
  http://www.spacearchive.info

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