[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

Thu Feb 2 22:05:14 EST 2023

                                                 LAUNCH ALERT

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

                                                               2023 February 2 (Thursday) 18:10 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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FEB 27                   To be announced                   Alpha                       SLC-2W
Third flight of Firefly's Alpha rocket

FEB 27                   To be announced                   Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the SARah 2 and 3 radar Earth imaging satellites into orbit

FEB 27                   To be announced                   Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

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

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

APR                       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

JUN                        To be announced                   Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Iridium-9 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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