[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Brian Webb]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
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                             2010 September 2 (Thursday) 19:54 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                        As of 2010 September 2

			     Launch
                    Time/Window
  Date               (PST/PDT)             Vehicle          Pad/Silo
--------		---------------		----------
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SEP 15		To be announced		Minuteman III	---
Vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a ballistic
trajectory to the central Pacific. Launch will be conducted by a
missile task force from the 91st Missile Wing, Minot Air Force Base,
North Dakota. Details about this launch were publicly released by Air
Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs JUL 29.  

SEP 20		To be announced		Atlas V		SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-41
payload  

SEP 26		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. Delayed from
July 8 due to a software anomaly discovered with a Minotaur IV at the
factory. Vehicle will insert the payload into a 540 km circular orbit
with an inclination of 98°  

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 the end of deep evening twilight  

NOV 22		02:09				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).  

JAN 15		To be announced		Delta IV Heavy	SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-49
payload  

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