Posted tonight ,May 1 , 2017 Upcoming launchs
LAUNCH ALERT
Brian Webb
Ventura County, California
launch-alert-editor@earthlink.net
www.spacearchive.info
2017 May 1 (Monday) 17:40 PDT
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VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
Launch
Time/Window
Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo
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MAY 3 00:01-06:01 Minuteman III ----
Test launch
JUN 29 13:02 Falcon 9 SLC-4E
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 11-20
JUL To be announced Falcon 9 SLC-4E
Vehicle will launch Taiwan's Formosat 5 satellite
AUG 14 To be announced Atlas V SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the classified NROL-42 payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The Atlas V will use four solid rocket
motors
AUG To be announced Falcon 9 SLC-4E
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 21-30
SEP 21 To be announced Delta II SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch the JPSS-1 weather satellite. The Delta II will
use nine solid rocket motors
SEP To be announced Minotaur C SLC-576E
Vehicle will launch six SkySat earth observation satellites
OCT 18 To be announced Delta IV SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the NROL-47 payload for the U.S. National
Reconnaissance Office. The Delta IV will use two solid rocket motors
OCT To be announced Falcon 9 SLC-4E
Payload is Iridium Next commercial communications satellites 31-40
The above schedule is a composite of unclassified information
approved for public release from government, industry, and other
sources. It represents the Editor's best effort to produce a schedule,
but may disagree with other sources. Details on military launches are
withheld until they are approved for public release. For official
information regarding Vandenberg AFB activities, go to
Vandenberg Air Force Base > Home.
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.).
The dates and times in this schedule may not agree with those on other
online launch schedules, including the official Vandenberg AFB
schedule 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