[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

[Launch Alert]

                                                 LAUNCH ALERT
                   
                                                     Brian Webb
                                     launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                                            www.spacearchive.info
               
                                                                           2022 April 1 (Friday) 19:34 PDT
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                            VANDENBERG SFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
 
This schedule does not list launches that have not been publicly announced. All
launch dates and times are subject to change and are listed in 24-hour format.
 
                                             Launch
                                        Time/Window
      Date                             (PST/PDT)                        Vehicle                  Pad/Silo
-----------------                 -----------------------                  --------------               -----------
 
APR 15                         To be announced                  Falcon 9                 SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-85 payload into orbit for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The first stage will return and land at
Vandenberg
 
MAY                              To be announced                  Falcon 9                 SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit
 
MAY                              To be announced                  Alpha                      SLC-2W
Second flight of Firefly's Alpha rocket. Vehicle will launch several
small satellites into orbit
 
Mid-2022                       To be announced                 Falcon 9                  SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the German SARah 1 radar remote sensing satellite into
orbit
 
AUG                              To be announced                 Delta IV Heavy        SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-91 payload into orbit for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office
 
NET SEP 24                  To be announced                 Falcon 9                  SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch SDA Tranche 0 satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space
Development Agency
 
SEP 30                          To be announced                  Atlas V                    SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the JPSS-2 environmental satellite and LOFTID payload into
orbit
 
NOV 15                          To be announced                 Falcon 9                  SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the SWOT scientific satellite 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 SFB activities, go to
https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.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 SFB schedule because
different sources were used, the information was interpreted differently, and the
schedules were updated at different times
 
NET: No earlier than
 
PDT: Pacific Daylight Time
 
PST: Pacific Standard Time
 
SLC: Space Launch Complex
 
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