[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

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                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
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                                 2017 April 1 (Saturday) 16:12 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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

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

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

AUG             To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
21-30  

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

SEP 23          To be announced          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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                             ON THE WEB

A radio news story about the recent Atlas V/NROL-79 launch from
Vandenberg AFB has been posted at

  http://www.spacearchive.info/atlas-v-nrol-79.mp3

I recently discovered video clips of NBC television coverage of John
Glenn's historic 1962 orbital flight. To view the coverage, point your
browser to

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukFe83R-2r4
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIg4bcWXonI
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjKAPTBERM

For an NBC TV special report about the mission that aired later that
day, go to

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0RwiDK7yJA

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