[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				             2007 June 16 (Saturday) 07:58 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			       As of 2007 June 16

                     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
ballistic trajectory to an impact area in the Central Pacific. The Air
Force will anounce the launch date and window a few days in advance.

Fall            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:

  Strong Evidence that Mars once had an Ocean
  http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-06-13-ucb.htm

  NMSU Observatory Open House
  http://www.spacearchive.info

  Delta Rocket Launched
  http://www.spacearchive.info

  Launch Preparations Underway at Vandenberg
  http://www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-06-07-kclu.mp3

A photo of the June 7 Delta II launch from Vandenberg AFB was posted
at http://www.spacearchive.info under the heading "COSMO-1 Rides Into
Orbit"

Video of last year's Delta IV/NROL-22 launch from Vandenberg was
uploaded. Point your browser to:

  www.spacearchive.info/delta-iv-nrol-22.htm

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