[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

Wed Mar 1 21:44:33 EST 2023

                                                 LAUNCH ALERT

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

                                                                2023 March 1 (Wednesday) 17:58 PST
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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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NET MAR 2 10:52 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 30                      To be announced                 Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

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

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

JUN 30                       To be announced                 Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch the Iridium-9 mission into orbit.
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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/

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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.

NET: No earlier than

TBD: To be determined

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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