[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
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                                   2017 June 16 (Friday) 14:38 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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

JUN 25          13:24:59                 Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
11-20. This early afternoon launch could be visible to the unaided eye
from Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties.
Instantaneous (1-second long?) launch window  

JUL             To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Taiwan's Formosat 5 satellite  

AUG 14          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

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

SEP 21          02:47:03-02:48:06        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  

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

OCT             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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       NASA SELECTS EDWARDS AFB AIRMAN FOR ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE
                         By 412th Test Wing

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., June 8, 2017 - NASA has selected the
commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron here to join the 2017
astronaut candidate class.

Air Force Lt. Col. Raja Chari, who has been selected for promotion to
colonel, relinquishes command of the squadron tomorrow. He has
overseen developmental testing of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike
fighter for the past couple of years while simultaneously serving as
director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force.

Chari has flown more than 2,000 flight hours in the F-35 Lightning II,
F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and F-18 Hornet, including
F-15E combat missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom and deployments in
support of the Korean Peninsula.

The Iowa native graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1999 with
bachelor's degrees in astronautical engineering and engineering
science. He earned a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from the U.S.
Naval Test Pilot School.

One of 12 Chosen

Chari is one of 12 new astronauts introduced yesterday who will train
for missions into Earth's orbit and into deep space. The seven men and
five women comprise the 22nd class of American spaceflight trainees
since 1959. The group is the largest selected in almost two decades,
NASA officials said.

The 12 new candidates include six military officers, three scientists,
two medical doctors, a lead engineer at SpaceX and a NASA research
pilot.

Chari will report in August to begin two years of training as an
astronaut candidate. Upon completion, he will be assigned technical
duties in the Astronaut Office while he awaits a flight assignment.

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