[Launch Alert] Vandenberg Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                      Ventura County, California
		              kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                      http://www.spacearchive.info
		       
                             2009 November 21 (Saturday) 14:50 PST
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                       As of 2009 November 21

                      Launch
                   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)             Vehicle           Pad/Silo
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DEC 9            06:10-06:23             Delta II           SLC-2W
Payload is the WISE infrared astronomy satellite. Launch occurs before
sunrise and may provide a Twilight Effect

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

Unknown          To be announced         Minuteman III      ---
Vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a ballistic
trajectory to the central Pacific

2010             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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