[Launch Alert] New Mexico Missile Launch

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
                                 2020 August 16 (Sunday) 18:34 PDT
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                      NEW MEXICO MISSILE LAUNCH
                            by Brian Webb

A Black Dagger target missile is scheduled for launch from Fort
Wingate, NM on the morning of Thursday, August 20 between 06:30 and
08:30 Mountain Time. The launch may be viewed from Red Rock State
Park. If liftoff occurs early in the launch window, observers west of
the launch site may see the rocket's exhaust illuminated by the Sun
and suspended against a semi-dark sky.

For more information about the launch, go to:

https://www.desertexposure.com/stories/launch-scheduled-at-fort-wingate,4568

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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
--------        -----------------        -------------       --------

OCT 14?         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

NOV 30?         Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the SmallSat Rideshare Mission 1

DEC 31?         Unknown                  Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the WorldView Legion 1 and Legion 2 satellites
into orbit

APR 7           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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