[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

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                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		     Ventura County, California
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
				2017 August 15 (Tuesday) 19:24 PDT
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		   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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

AUG 24          11:50-12:34              Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Taiwan's Formosat 5 satellite 

SEP 11          To be announced          Atlas V             SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-42 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The Atlas V will use four solid rocket
motors. 

SEP 30          06:30                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
21-30 

OCT 17          14:37                    Minotaur C          SLC-576E
Vehicle will launch six SkySat earth observation satellites 

TBD             02:48                    Delta II            SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the JPSS-1 weather satellite. The Delta II will
use nine solid rocket motors. This early morning launch could be
visually impressive in Santa Barbara County and visible for hundreds
of miles 

Late NOV        To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
31-40 

DEC             To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
41-50 

DEC 13          To be announced         Delta IV             SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the NROL-47 payload for the U.S. National
Reconnaissance Office. The Delta IV will use two solid rocket motors 

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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The following is a Vandenberg AFB media advisory. Please direct all
questions and comments to the originating organization.

                    FALCON 9 SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH
                   30th Space Wing Public Affairs

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg is scheduled to
launch the FORMOSAT-5 satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space
Launch Complex-4 here Thursday, Aug. 24, between 11:50 a.m. and 12:34
p.m. PDT.

Col. Gregory E. Wood , 30th Space Wing vice commander, will be the
launch safety authority.

"We are proud to provide a safe and secure launch location for our
mission partners," said Wood. "This mission is the practical
demonstration of the professional spirit and teamwork found in the
everyday operations of Team Vandenberg and SpaceX."

The local community can view this launch from the Hawk's Nest on Hwy 1
south of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate. Gate opens at 10:30
a.m. and closes at 11:40 a.m. As a reminder the public is asked not to
bring or consume alcohol, smoke, nor have any open fires or barbeques.
Weapons are not allowed, additionally, the use of small unmanned
aerial systems within five miles of any active runway is prohibited.

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