[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

Mon Apr 17 21:58:50 EDT 2023

                                                 LAUNCH ALERT

                                                     Brian Webb
                                     launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                                             www.spacearchive.info

                                                                       2023 April 17 (Monday) 17:50 PDT
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                            VANDENBERG SFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

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
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APR 19-20                23:47-05:47                        Minuteman III             ---
ICBM test launch. Vehicle will probably fly a ballistic trajectory to the Central
Pacific

APR                          To be announced                Falcon 9                    SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit. Starlink 2-9
mission

APR-JUN                  To be announced                Falcon 9                    SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the WorldView Legion 1 and 2 Earth-imaging
satellites into orbit

APR 29                      To be announced               Falcon 9                    SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the German SARah 2 and 3 radar Earth imaging
satellites into orbit

APR 29                      To be announced                Alpha                        SLC-2W
Third flight of Firefly's Alpha rocket

APR 29                      To be announced               Falcon 9                    SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit.
Starlink 3-5 mission

Early MAY                  To be announced               Falcon 9                    SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several OneWeb and Iridium Next communications
satellites into orbit.

MAY 30                      To be announced                Alpha                        SLC-2W
Fourth flight of Firefly's Alpha rocket

JUN                           To be announced                Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch SDA Tranche 0 satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space
Development Agency

Late 2023                  To be announced                Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission into orbit

This schedule lists rocket and missile launches from Vandenberg SFB for the
next several months. It is a composite of unclassified information from open
sources. This schedule is believed to be generally accurate at the time of
publication.

Details on U.S. military launches are withheld until they are approved for public
release or reported in the news media. 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.).

This schedule may disagree with other launch schedules 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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