[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

						2008 July 15 (Tuesday) 17:42 PDT
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			 VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
				 As of 2008 July 15

		     Launch
		  Time/Window
  Date	   (PST/PDT)		 Vehicle		Pad/Silo
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JUL 23	02:15-03:20			TLV			LF-06
Target Launch Vehicle. The missile's flight will be observed from
space by the NFIRE satellite to collect data for the Missile Defense
Agency.

AUG 22	11:50:57			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-km), 98°, sun-synchronous orbit with a
10:30 a.m. equator crossing time

SEP 10	09:12				Atlas V		SLC-3E
Payload is the DMSP F-18 military weather satellite

Fall?		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.

OCT 23	To be announced		Delta II		SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the COSMO-SkyMed 3 earth observation satellite.

JAN 15	To be announced		Taurus XL		576-E
Payload is the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) environmental
satellite

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