[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Tue Jun 1 23:31:47 EDT 2010

                             LAUNCH ALERT

                              Brian Webb
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                                   2010 June 1 (Tuesday) 20:30 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                          As of 2010 June 1

                    Launch
                  Time/Window
  Date             (PST/PDT)           Vehicle             Pad/Silo
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JUN 6           To be announced       GBI                  ---
Ground-based Interceptor test launch for U.S. Missile Defense Agency  

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

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

JUL 8           21:41-21:55           Minotaur IV          SLC-8
Payload is the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite.
Delayed from OCT due to concerns with the launch vehicle. Launch
window opens at end of deep evening twilight

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

SEP 7           To be announced       Atlas V              SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-41
payload

OCT 29          19:21-19:34           Delta II             SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the COSMO-SkyMed 4 radar Earth-imaging satellite.
Launch window opens near end of deep evening twilight  

NOV 22          To be announced       Taurus XL            576E
Payload is the Glory scientific satellite. Vehicle will carry three
small satellites as secondary payloads: Explorer 1 Prime (Montana
State University), Hermes (University of Colorado), and KySat-1
(Kentucky space consortium).  

DEC 1           To be announced		Delta IV Heavy   SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-49
payload  

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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