[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

				         2007 November 15 (Thursday) 18:06 PST
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			 VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
			     As of 2007 November 15

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

Fall?		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 announce the launch date and window a few days in advance.

DEC 5		~18:00			Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the COSMO-SkyMed 2 radar earth imaging satellite. Liftoff
probably occurs too long after sunset for the rocket exhaust plume to
be illuminated by sunlight at high altitude.

FEB-APR	To be announced		TLV			---
The vehicle will fly a ballistic trajectory to an impact area in the
Pacific. The NFIRE satellite will observe the launch from orbit and
collect data for the U.S. missile defense system. The DoD will
announce the launch window a day in advance.

FEB?		To be announced		GBI			---
Scenario calls for the launch of a mock warhead from Kodiak, Alaska
followed by a Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) from Vandenberg AFB. The
DoD will announce the launch time several hours in advance.

FEB 19	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

APR 16	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

2008		To be announced		Delta II		SLC-2W
Payload is the Missile Defense Agency's Block 2010

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