[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

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                              Brian Webb
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                             2016 December 31 (Saturday) 19:43 PST
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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

Early JAN?        12:36?                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
1-10  

JAN 26            To be announced         Atlas V             SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-79 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office  

TBD               To be announced         Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Taiwan's Formosat 5 satellite and the Sherpa
dispenser carrying several small payloads  

TBD               To be announced         Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
11-20  

NET MAY           To be announced         Minotaur C          SLC-576E
Vehicle will launch six SkySat earth observation satellites  

JUN 13            To be announced         Atlas V             SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-42 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office  

TBD               TBD                     Delta II            SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the JPSS-1 weather satellite  

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.

NET: No earlier than

TBD: To be determined

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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