[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 May 15 (Tuesday) 18:06 PDT
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		       VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			        As of 2007 May 15

			 Launch
		     Time/Window
  Date		(PST/PDT)	          Vehicle		 Pad/Silo
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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

JUN 7		   19:20-19:33		   Delta II		 SLC-2W
Payload is the Italian COSMO-SkyMed-1 radar Earth observation
satellite. The booster will use the Delta-7420-10C configuration and
insert the payload into a 619-kilometer circular orbit with an
inclination of 97.867°

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 Worldview 1 commercial Earth imaging satellite. The
booster will use the Delta-7420-10C configuration and insert the
payload into a sun-synchronous orbit

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

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                          WEB SITE UPDATES

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  Aqua Satellite Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
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