[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                2011 December 2 (Friday) 04:57 PST
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
                        As of 2011 December 2

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

FEB 25          To be announced          Minuteman III       ---
The vehicle will probably send an unarmed warhead on a ballistic
trajectory to the central Pacific. The Defense Department will release
the launch window and other details a few days in advance  

MAR 29          To be announced          Delta IV            SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-25 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office  

JUN             To be announced          Atlas V             SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-36 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office 

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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                         TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

A total lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of Saturday, December
10. Mark Pine of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles informed the
editor that the observatory is hosting a public observing event for
the eclipse.

For more information go to:

http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/special
/Special_Event_Lunar_Eclipse2011.html

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