[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
                              2019 October 31 (Thursday) 17:04 PDT
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		   VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

         All launch dates and times are subject to change.

                       Launch
                     Time/Window
  Date                (PST/PDT)              Vehicle         Pad/Silo
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SEP 2020          Unknown                Delta IV Heavy      SLC-4E
The vehicle will carry the classified NROL-82 payload into orbit for
the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

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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                          UPCOMING EVENTS
                 Information courtesy of Pam Hoffman
                       Pam at EverydaySpacer.com
          All venues are in Calif. All times are Pacific Time

NOV 5 7:30p Wonders of the Night Sky – Winter Session
Goebel Adult Community Center
Thousand Oaks

NOV 5 Taurids Meteor Shower.The Taurids is a long-running minor meteor
shower producing only about 5-10 meteors per hour. It is unusual in
that it consists of two separate streams.The first is produced by dust
grains left behind by Asteroid 2004 TG10. The second stream is
produced by debris left behind by Comet 2P Encke. The shower runs
annually from September 7 to December 10. It peaks this year on the
night of November 5. The first quarter moon will set shortly after
midnight leaving dark skies for viewing. Best viewing will be just
after midnight from a dark location far away from city lights. Meteors
will radiate from the constellation Taurus, but can appear anywhere in
the sky.

NOV 6 5:00p: Weekly Space Hangout
Online live then archived on YouTube

NOV 7: Neill Simmons lecture
Woodland Hills Library

NOV 11: Rare Transit of Mercury Across the Sun. The planet Mercury
will move directly between the Earth and the Sun. Viewers with
telescopes and approved solar filters will be able to observe the dark
disk of the planet Mercury moving across the face of the Sun. This is
an extremely rare event that occurs only once every few years. The
next transit of Mercury will not take place until 2039. This transit
will be visible throughout all of South America and Central America,
and parts of North America, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa. The best place to view this event in its entirety will be the
eastern United States, Central America,and South America.

NOV 11 7:00-10:00a: Special Event – Watch the Transit
Woodland Hills Camera and Telescope

NOV 11 7:00-10:00a: Pam Hoffman Sidewalk Astronomy
E-mail Pam at EverydaySpacer.com for information

NOV 12 7:30p: Wonders of the Night Sky – Winter Session
Goebel Adult Community Center
Thousand Oaks

NOV 12: Full Moon

NOV 13 5:00p: Weekly Space Hangout           
Online live then archived on YouTube

NOV 14 7:00p: Science From the International Space Station - von
Kármán Lecture Series
JPL von Kármán Auditorium
Pasadena

NOV 15 7:15p: Ventura County Astronomical Society
Moorpark College

NOV 15 7:00p: Science From the International Space Station - von
Kármán Lecture Series
Caltech Beckman Auditorium
Pasadena

NOV 17: Leonids Meteor Shower. The Leonids is an average shower,
producing up to 15 meteors per hour at its peak.This shower is unique
in that it has a cyclonic peak about every 33 years where hundreds of
meteors per hour can be seen. That last of these occurred in 2001. The
Leonids is produced by dust grains left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle,
which was discovered in 1865. The shower runs annually from November
6-30. It peaks this year on the night of the 17th and morning of the
18th. The second quarter moon will block many of the fainter meteors
this year, but if you are patient you should be able to catch quite a
few of the brightest ones. Best viewing will be from a dark location
after midnight. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Leo, but
can appear anywhere in the sky.

NOV 19 7:30p: Wonders of the Night Sky – Winter Session
Goebel Adult Community Center
Thousand Oaks

NOV 19 1:00p: Vandenberg AFB Monthly Tour of VAFB at.m.            
https://www.vandenberg.af.mil/Public-Tours/

NOV 20 5:00p Pacific: Weekly Space Hangout
Online live then archived on YouTube

NOV 23 5:00p: Everyday Spacer Star Party
Rancho Sierra/Satwiwa – Lynn Road and Via Goleta
Newbury Park

NOV 25 6:00-9:00p: Chesley Bonestell,Space Art Pioneer
Griffith Observatory
Los Angeles

NOV 24: Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter. A conjunction of Venus and
Jupiter will be visible on November 24. The two bright planets will be
visible within 1.4 degrees of each other in the evening sky. Look for
this impressive sight in the western sky just after sunset.

NOV 26 7:30p: Wonders of the Night Sky – Winter Session
Goebel Adult Community Center
Thousand Oaks

NOV 26: New Moon

NOV 27 5:00p: Weekly Space Hangout
Online live then archived on YouTube

NOV 28: Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation. The planet Mercury
reaches greatest western elongation of 20.1 degrees from the Sun. This
is the best time to view Mercury since it will be at its highest
point above the horizon in the morning sky. Look for the planet low in
the eastern sky just before sunrise.

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