[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
                             2020 January 15 (Wednesday) 20:20 PST
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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
-----------       -----------------       -------------      --------

Early 2020?       Unknown                 Firefly Alpha      SLC-2W
Firefly Alpha first flight. Delayed from FEB 18

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

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

OCT               Unknown                 Falcon 9           SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the SmallSat Rideshare Mission 9

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 11

DEC               Unknown                 Atlas V            SLC-3
Vehicle will launch the Landsat 9 earth observation satellite. Launch
may be delayed until 2021.

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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               CALIFORNIAN COMPLETES ASTRONAUT TRAINING
                           by Brian Webb
                             2020 JAN 12

A Los Angeles native who recently completed two years of astronaut
training is one of 11 new astronauts welcomed into NASA's astronaut
ranks on Friday.

Dr. Jonny Kim, a U.S. Navy lieutenant, was born and grew up in Los
Angeles. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, then trained and operated as a
Navy SEAL, completing more than 100 combat operations and earning a
Silver Star and Bronze Star with Combat V. Afterward, he went on to
complete a degree in mathematics at the University of San Diego and a
doctorate of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Kim was a resident
physician in emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston.

Kim's astronaut candidate training included instruction, practice, and
testing in spacewalking, robotics, International Space Station
systems, T-38 jet proficiency, and the Russian language.

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