[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

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                                                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                                                               Brian Webb
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2017 December 1 (Friday) 16:41 PST
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                                        VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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

DEC 22              17:26                                      Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 31-40 

NET JAN 30      To be announced                 Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Spain's Paz satellite 

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

NET MAR         To be announced                 Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch GRACE Follow-On satellites 

MAY 5               04:10                                     Atlas V
SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the InSight spacecraft to Mars 

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

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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