[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

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

                           2009 September 30 (Wednesday) 19:02 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                       As of 2009 September 30

                    Launch
                 Time/Window
  Date            (PST/PDT)                Vehicle      Pad/Silo
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OCT 8          11:38-11:53               Delta II       SLC-2W
Payload is the WorldView-2 commercial reconnaissance satellite.  

OCT 13         09:12                     Atlas V        SLC-3
Payload is the DMSP F18 military weather satellite.  

OCT 30         Evening                   Minotaur IV    SLC-8
First-ever Minotaur IV launch. Payload is the Space-Based Space
Surveillance (SBSS) satellite.  

NET DEC 7      06:10-06:23               Delta II       SLC-2W
Payload is the WISE scientific satellite. Launch occurs before sunrise
and may provide a Twilight Effect  

NET APR 1      To be announced           Taurus         576-E
Payload is the Glory scientific satellite.  

Unknown        To be announced           GBI            ---
Missile defense Ground-based Interceptor. Delayed from SEP 27  

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.

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