[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

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

                                 2009 May 16 (Saturday) 15:52 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                          As of 2009 May 16

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

JUN 29		To Be Announced		Minuteman III       ---
Vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a ballistic
trajectory to the central Pacific 

Summer		~09:12			Atlas V             SLC-3
Payload is the DMSP F18 military weather satellite.  

SEP-OCT		To be announced		Delta II            SLC-2W
Payload is the WorldView-2 commercial reconnaissance satellite.  


The Editor removed the following launches from the schedule for the
reasons indicated:

MAY 20		To Be Announced		Minuteman III        ---
Postponed. A new launch date announced has not been announced.

Fall			To be announced		KEI                  Unk
The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program was canceled on May 7.


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
www.vandenberg.af.mil.

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                             TIME FORMAT

All times in this newsletter are given in Pacific Time using a 24-hour
format based on military time. Under this system, regular time is
expressed as follows:

                                            24-hour
		        Regular Time            Format
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                    12:00 a.m. (midnight)   00:00
                    6:00  a.m.              06:00
                    12:00 p.m. (noon)       12:00
                    6:00  p.m.              18:00

No distinction is made between Pacific Standard Time and Pacific
Daylight Time.

For assistance in converting military time to regular time, go to:

   www.spacearchive.info/military.htm

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