[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Thu Oct 16 22:27:10 EDT 2008

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

                              2008 October 16 (Thursday) 18:27 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                         As of 2008 October 16

                    Launch
                 Time/Window
  Date            (PST/PDT)             Vehicle      Pad/Silo
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OCT 24         19:28                   Delta II      SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the COSMO-SkyMed 3 earth observation satellite.

DEC-JAN        To be announced         GBI           ---
Scenario calls for the launch of a mock warhead from the Kodiak Launch
Complex, Alaska followed by a Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) from
Vandenberg AFB. The DoD will announce the launch time several hours in
advance. Operation Name: FTG-05

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

FEB 4          To be announced         Delta II      SLC-2W
Payload is the NOAA N Prime environmental satellite

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                        JPL ENGINEER TO SPEAK
          Ventura County Astronomical Society News Release

The Ventura County Astronomical Society (VCAS) will hold it’s monthly
membership meeting on Friday, October 17th at 7:30 PM at Vista
Elementary School, 2175 Wisteria, Simi Valley. The speaker will be Mr.
David Doody, from JPL, and is currently the Flight Operations Lead
engineer for Cassini's Mission Support and Services Office. David
started working with JPL's Deep Space Network in 1982, then joined
Voyager in the outer solar system three years later. After then
serving as a member of the Venus-mapping Magellan flight team, Dave
joined Cassini in 1994. The presentation will include information
about the European Huygens Probe, which Cassini carried, and completed
a spectacular descent through Titan's atmosphere. Dave will describe
the complex spacecraft, and share some of the stunning discoveries
from Saturn and its moons, the planet's unexpected features, flying
through an Old Faithful-size geyser that issues continuously from the
tiny frozen moon Enceladus, the two-tone puzzle that is Iapetus, and
the rivers and lakes on haze-enshrouded Titan. A report from Cassini
wouldn't be complete without also enjoying views from high above
Saturn's cloud tops, showing off the magnificent ring system in
unprecedented detail from every perspective. The public is invited
join us for a very interesting evening of learning about the wonderful
world of Saturn.

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