[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                 2016 January 1 (Friday) 18:54 PST
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

                     Launch
                   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)             Vehicle           Pad/Silo
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JAN 17            10:42:18                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.  

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.  

mid-2016          To be announced         Minotaur C        576E
Vehicle will launch multiple SkySat earth observation satellites  

---               ---                     Atlas V           SLC-3
CANCELLED. The vehicle was to launch the InSight lander and two
prototype communications satellites to Mars for NASA. Launch
cancelled because a problem with a lander instrument could not be
repaired and tested before the end of the 2016 Mars launch
opportunity.  

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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