[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
			      2018 February 1 (Thursday) 13:48 PST
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		   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

		     Launch
		   Time/Window
  Date              (PST/PDT)               Vehicle          Pad/Silo
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FEB 17          Dawn?                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Spain's Paz satellite. Liftoff may occur sunrise
and could cause the exhaust plume to be illuminated by the sun when
the vehicle reaches high altitude 

MAR 18          08:19                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium Next commercial communications satellites
41-50. Liftoff occurs well after sunrise, but the rocket's bright
orange flame could be visible for more than 100 miles. 

APR 14          To be announced          Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Iridium NEXT satellites 51-55 and the GRACE
Follow-On satellites 

MAY 5           04:10                    Atlas V             SLC-3E
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

TBD: To be determined

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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                        REQUESTS FOR READERS

A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB on
February 17. I am trying to determine if any secondary payloads are
slated to fly on this mission.

If you have any accurate information in this regard that is not
sensitive and you are allowed to share with the general public,
please contact me at:

  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net

Also, if you happened to take any professional quality images of
yesterday's total lunar eclipse, I would like to see them.

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