[Launch Alert] Missile Launch Tonight

[Launch Alert]

A Minuteman III strategic missile is scheduled for launch tonight (September 5-6) from Vandenberg SFB, California between 11:47 p.m. and 5:47 a.m. PDT. Following liftoff, the vehicle will probably fly west as it follows a ballistic trajectory to the central Pacific.

If the sky is clear, the launch could be visible to the unaided eye as far way as Tucson, Arizona (possibly farther). As a matter of fact, an astronomer at the Kitt Peak observatory in Arizona once told me would take breaks and watch Minuteman III launches from Vandenberg.

For more information, go to:

Minuteman 3 Missile Test Planned at Vandenberg Space Force Base
https://www.noozhawk.com/minuteman-3-missile-test-planned-at-vandenberg-space-force-base/