Vandenberg Launch
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Clint Bradford
My bro-in-law - who was an honest-to-gawd rocket scientist at Vandenberg -
LOVED to hear reports from folks on "his" contrails: Now they looked from various viewing locations. Here's a great message service managed by Brian Webb for those interested in U.S. rocket launches. LAUNCH ALERT Brian Webb launch-alert-editor@... www.spacearchive.info 2018 June 17 (Sunday) 09:42 PDT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE Launch Time/Window Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo -------- ----------------- ------------- -------- JUL 20 05:12 Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch Iridium NEXT satellites 56-65. The first stage's bright flame could make the early portion of this launch visible for more than 120 miles. Liftoff occurs 54 minutes before Vandenberg AFB sunrise and may create an interesting visual display if the rocket's exhaust is illuminated at high altitude by the sun AUG TBD Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch Iridium NEXT satellites 66-75 SEP TBD Falcon 9 SLC-4E Vehicle will launch several SSO-A satellites SEP 12 05:46-08:20 Delta II SLC-2W Vehicle will launch the ICESat-2 spacecraft SEP 26 To be announced Delta IV Heavy SLC-6 Vehicle will launch the NROL-71 payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office 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 http://www.vandenberg.af.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.). 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. TBD: To be determined PDT: Pacific Daylight Time PST: Pacific Standard Time SLC: Space Launch Complex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIAN DUST STORM by Brian Webb Earth-based observers may be able to see a dust storm on Mars without a telescope. If the current storm grows and intensifies, naked-eye observers may see the normally orange-red planet take on a dusky yellow hue. To find Mars, go outside just before dawn and look towards the south. The planet should be shining brightly at magnitude -1.7 approximately 35 degrees above the horizon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITY POLICY Launch Alert does not intentionally publish sensitive, potentially sensitive, or inside information. All information comes from open sources or is approved for public release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2018, Brian Webb. All rights reserved. No portion of this newsletter may be used without identifying Launch Alert as the source and providing a functioning hyperlink or text that point to http://www.spacearchive.info/newsletter.htm. ______________________________________________________________ Launch-Alert mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Launch-Alert@... Message delivered to k6lcs@... This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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