[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Wed Dec 2 22:41:29 EST 2009

                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

                             2009 December 2 (Wednesday) 19:28 PST
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                         As of 2009 December 2

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

DEC 9            06:09-06:23             Delta II           SLC-2W
Payload is the WISE scientific satellite. Launch occurs before sunrise
and may provide a Twilight Effect  

Unknown          To be announced         Minuteman III      ---
Vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a ballistic
trajectory to the central Pacific. Delayed from NOV 18 to allow for
the completion of pre-launch ground testing. A new launch date has not
been announced.  

JAN-MAR          To be announced         GBI                ---
Missile defense Ground-based Interceptor. Delayed from SEP 27. Mission
Name: FTG-06  

Unknown          Evening                 Minotaur IV        SLC-8
First-ever Minotaur IV launch. Payload is the Space-Based Space
Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. Delayed from OCT due to concerns with
the launch vehicle  

The above schedule is a composite of unclassified information
approved for public release from government, industry, and other
sources. It represents the Editor's best effort to produce a schedule,
but may disagree with other sources. Details on military launches are
withheld until they are approved for public release. For official
information regarding Vandenberg AFB activities, go to
http://www.vandenberg.af.mil.

All launch dates and times are given in Pacific Time using a 24-hour
format similar to military time (midnight = 00:00, 1:00 p.m. = 13:00,
11:00 p.m. = 23:00, etc.). 

The dates and times in this schedule may not agree with those on other
online launch schedules, including the official Vandenberg AFB
schedule because different sources were used, the information was
interpreted differently, and the schedules were updated at different
times. 

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   NASA'S WISE SPACECRAFT READY FOR LAUNCH DEC. 9 FROM CALIFORNIA
                         NASA Media Advisory
                          2009 December 1

              Note: All times are Eastern Time - Editor

WASHINGTON -- The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey 
Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur 
between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA will provide television 
and Internet coverage of prelaunch activities and launch. 

After launch, WISE will scan the entire sky in infrared light with a 
sensitivity hundreds of times greater than ever before, picking up 
the glow of hundreds of millions of objects and producing millions of 
images. The mission will uncover objects never seen before, including 
the coolest stars, the universe's most luminous galaxies and some of 
the darkest near-Earth asteroids and comets. 

A prelaunch news conference on NASA Television will be held on Dec. 7 
at 4 p.m. at the NASA Vandenberg Resident Office. Reporters can ask 
from participating NASA centers. A WISE mission science briefing will 
immediately follow the prelaunch news conference. The briefings will 
be webcast at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

On Dec. 9, NASA TV coverage of the countdown and launch will begin at 
7 a.m. A WISE webcast with launch and mission principals is scheduled 
for noon on Dec. 8. To access WISE features, visit NASA's WISE Web 
site at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/wise 

Launch coverage of WISE/Delta II countdown activities also will be 
available on the NASA Web site at: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

Live countdown coverage on NASA's launch blog begins at 7 a.m. 
Coverage features real-time updates of countdown milestones, as well 
as streaming video clips highlighting launch preparations and 
liftoff. 

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/ksc_blogs.html 

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