[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

Sun Nov 14 13:49:24 EST 2010

                             LAUNCH ALERT

                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info

                      2010 November 14 (Sunday) 10:36 Pacific Time
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                       As of 2010 November 14

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

DEC 6           To be announced        GBI                 ---
Ground-based Interceptor launch. Vehicle will fly a ballistic
trajectory.  

JAN 11          To be announced        Delta IV Heavy      SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-49
payload  

FEB 23          02:10                  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).  

MAR             To be announced        Minotaur I          SLC-8
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-66
payload  

MAR 31          To be announced        Atlas V             SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-34
payload  

JUN 9           Unknown                Delta II            SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch Argentina's SAC-D scientific satellite carrying
NASA's Aquarius instrument  

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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