[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

			            Brian Webb
		         Ventura County, California
		         E-mail: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
	             Web Site: www.spacearchive.info

				           2007 March 14 (Wednesday) 18:11 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			       As of 2007 March 14

                         Launch
                       Time/Window
    Date		      (PST/PDT)	          Vehicle         Pad/Silo
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Winter-Spring       To be announced          Target           ---
A 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              ---
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 DoD will announce the exact launch time several hours
in advance

APR 25              13:23:34-13:30:03        Pegasus XL       Offshore
Vehicle will be air-dropped from an L-1011 jumbo jet staged from
Vandenberg AFB. Payload is the AIM scientific satellite. Targeted
launch time is 13:26:49

MAY 24              To be announced          Delta II         SLC-2W
Payload is the Italian COSMO-SkyMed-1 Earth imaging satellite

NET AUG 23          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

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

  Spacecraft to Study Clouds at Edge of Space Arrives at Vandenberg
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-03-12-nasa.htm

  Double-Star Systems Cycle Between Big and Small Blasts
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-03-07-ci.htm

  Airmen Receive Cutting-Edge Satellite Training
  www.spacearchive.info/news-2007-03-06-afnews.htm

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