[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

Wed May 3 22:38:58 EDT 2023

                                             LAUNCH ALERT

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

                                                                   2023 May 3 (Wednesday) 18:53 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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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                  Falcon 9                  SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

MAY 30                         To be announced                  Alpha                       SLC-2W
Third fight 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 Worldiew Legion 1 and 2 Earth imaging
satellites into orbit

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

NET JUN 10                 To be announced                  Falcon 9                   SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch several small satellites into orbit. Transporter 8

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.

NET: No earlier than

PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

PST: Pacific Standard Time

SLC: Space Launch Complex

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