[Launch Alert] Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
			      Brian Webb
		  launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
	                www.spacearchive.info
		       
                             2020 September 15 (Tuesday) 19:49 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
--------        -----------------        -------------       --------

NOV 10          11:45                    Falcon 9            SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Sentinel 6A (Jason-CS) sea level measuring
satellite

NOV 21?         Unknown                  Firefly Alpha       SLC-2W
Firefly Alpha first flight. Vehicle will carry multiple payloads into
orbit

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

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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                   ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM NEW MEXICO
                            by Brian Webb

On September 8 NASA launched its first sounding rocket since the
coronavirus pandemic began in the United States.

The two-stage Black Brant IX suborbital rocket lifted off from White
Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and carried the DUST-2 payload to a
height of approximately 215 miles before descending by parachute. The
payload was recovered and good data was received during the mission.

The DUST-2 mission simulated how tiny grains of space dust – the raw
materials of stars, planets and solar systems – form and grow. DUST-2,
a collaboration between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency, follows up on the DUST mission launched in October 2019.

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