[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                        www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                     2017 May 1 (Monday) 17:40 PDT
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                   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

                     Launch
                   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)               Vehicle          Pad/Silo
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MAY 3           00:01-06:01              Minuteman III       ----
Test launch  

JUN 29          13:02                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 11-20  

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
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 21-30  

SEP 21          To be announced          Delta II            SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the JPSS-1 weather satellite. The Delta II will
use nine solid rocket motors  

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

OCT 18          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  

OCT             To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 31-40  

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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