[Launch Alert] Launch on Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                            2016 September 15 (Thursday) 19:36 PDT
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                            FRIDAY LAUNCH

Tomorrow morning's planned launch of an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg
AFB appears to be on schedule. The vehicle is slated to lift off from
south base during a 11:30-11:44 PDT launch window.

For launch and countdown status, go to:

      spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/15/av062_journal/

      www.ulalaunch.com

For information on viewing Vandenberg rocket and missile launches, go
to:

      www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm

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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

                     Launch
                   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)               Vehicle          Pad/Silo
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SEP 15          11:30-11:44              Atlas V             SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the WorldView 4 earth observation satellite for
DigitalGlobe. The Atlas V will also carry seven technology
demonstation satellites (cubesats) as secondary payloads.  

TBD             Evening?                Falcon 9             SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch 10 Iridium Next commercial communications
satellites. This evening launch could be visually impressive. Delayed
from SEP 19

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

DEC 1           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 10 Iridium Next commercial communications
satellites. Delayed from DEC

Early 2017      To be announced         Minotaur C           SLC-576E
Vehicle will launch six SkySat earth observation satellites  

MAR 16          02:47                   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.

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