[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule (corrected copy)

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
				2020 April 16 (Thursday) 18:09 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
--------        -----------------        -------------       --------

AUG?            Unknown                  Firefly Alpha       SLC-2W
Firefly Alpha first flight. Vehicle will carry multiple payloads into
orbit

OCT-DEC         Unknown                  Delta IV Heavy      SLC-6
The vehicle will carry the classified NROL-82 payload into orbit for
the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office

NOV             Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Sentinel 6A (Jason-CS) sea level measuring
satellite

DEC?            Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the SmallSat Rideshare Mission 1

JAN             Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the WorldView Legion 1 and Legion 2 satellites
into orbit

JAN 13          Unknown                  Atlas V             SLC-3
Vehicle will launch the Landsat 9 earth observation satellite

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.

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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                             ON THE WEB

This month is the 50th anniversary of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission.
For those of you who are interested, video of the NASA post-explosion
press conferences were posted on YouTube. To watch them, point your
browser to the following locations:

APOLLO 13 - Post-Explosion Press Conference - Chris Kraft (1970/04/14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Gzn2rhSwY

APOLLO 13 - Gene Kranz Press Conference (1970/04/15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941SWzxTj4Y

APOLLO 13 - Deke Slayton Q&A - Press Conference (1970/04/15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmzttUBwGYg&list=PLZ4LzWgVGYi1rzSZp9c
NGJdDsl6DpM3OZ&index=1

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