[Launch Alert] Vandenberg SFB Launch Schedule

Sun Feb 2 15:40:21 EST 2025

LAUNCH ALERT
Brian Webb
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www.spacearchive.info

2025 February 2 (Sunday) 12:25 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.

Launches are listed in the following format:

Date
Launch Time/Window (PST/PDT)
Vehicle
Pad/Silo
Comments

NET FEB 27
19:10
Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will carry the SPHEREx and PUNCH missions into orbit. Booster first stage will land at Vandenberg

NET MAR
To be announced
Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will carry numerous small satellites into orbit for the Transporter 13 mission

MAR 30
To be announced
Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will carry the SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A mission into orbit

MAR 30
To be announced
Alpha
SLC-2W
Vehicle will carry the TacSat mission into orbit

MAY 30
To be announced
Minotaur IV
Unknown
Vehicle will carry the EWS OD-1 into orbit

JUN 29
To be announced
Alpha
SLC-2W
Vehicle will carry the LM400 demo mission into orbit

JUN 29
To be announced
Falcon 9
SLC-4E
Vehicle will carry the NAOS 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.

Acronyms and Abbreviations:

NET No earlier than

PDT Pacific Daylight Time

PST Pacific Standard Time

SLC Space Launch Complex

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LAUNCH FOLLOW UP

As previously reported, a Falcon 9 rocket was launched yesterday afternoon from Vandenberg SFB. Launch Alert reader Pete the Pilot and his wife drove up to the base to view the launch. As a retired Coast Guard officer, he was able to access a viewing area on base. The site was a high bluff on the north edge of the Santa Ynez River flood plain (this is probably the old Titan IV press site).

Pete reported the sky was totally obscured by low clouds and he didn't see any trace of the launch. He said the launch was quite loud and he enjoyed the sound. To his dismay, the sky above the viewing area cleared shortly after liftoff. Although Pete and his wife didn't see the launch, they didn't go away empty handed: They apparently got a good deal on lettuce at the base commissary.

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