[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

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                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
                               2017 December 15 (Friday) 16:20 PST
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		   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

		     Launch
		   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)               Vehicle          Pad/Silo
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DEC 22          17:26                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
31-40. This launch occurs 30 minutes after Vandenberg AFB sunset. The
rocket's bright flame should be visible over a wide area. The launch
could be impressive beginning at T+ 2 minutes 12 seconds when
simulations show the exhaust plume will be illuminated at high
altitude by the sun.

NET JAN 10      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 

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 

MAR 21          18:43:38                 Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium NEXT satellites 51-56 and the 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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