[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                           2015 September 16 (Wednesday) 19:09 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

                      Launch
                    Time/Window
  Date               (PST/PDT)               Vehicle          Pad/Silo
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Late 2015        Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Jason 3 scientific satellite. Launch delayed
from July due to a spacecraft thruster problem. Spacecraft arrived at
Vandenberg AFB on June 18. Launch delayed following the failed launch
of a Falcon 9 in late June from Florida.  

OCT 8            To be announced          Atlas V             SLC-3
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-55 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The vehicle will also carry the
following secondary payloads: AeroCube-5c and AeroCube-7 (Aerospace
Corp.); three SNaP-3 spacecraft (Army Space and Missile Defense
Center); two PropCube spacecraft (Tyvak); two SINOD-D spacecraft (SRI
International); ARC-1 (University of Alaska-Fairbanks); BisonSat
(Salish Kootenai College); Fox-1 (AMSAT); and LMRST-Sat (Jet
Propulsion Laboratory)  

FEB 10           To be announced          Delta IV            SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-45 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The liquid propellant first stage will
use two strap-on solid rocket motors.  

MAR 4            01:50                    Atlas V             SLC-3
Vehicle will launch the InSight spacecraft to Mars for NASA  

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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