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Old November 14th 03, 05:12 PM
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Default VAFB launch schedule as of 13-11-2003

VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
As of 2003 November 13

Launch
Time/Window
Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo
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DEC 2 Unannounced Atlas II SLC-3E
Payload is a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite(s).
NROL-18

DEC 6 17:52:02 Delta II SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's Gravity Probe B scientific satellite

JAN 14 Unannounced Taurus SLC-576E
Payload is Taiwan's ROCSAT-2 satellite

MAR Unannounced Minuteman III LF-09
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed warheads. Impact
area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
GT-184-GM

MAR 19 Unannounced Delta II SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's AURA scientific satellite

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GLOSSARY

GT- Glory Trip. Name given to strategic missile test launches
(GT-183GB, etc.)
LF- Launch facility. A missile silo (such as LF-10).
PDT Pacific Daylight Time
PST Pacific Standard Time
SLC- Space Launch Complex. A launch pad (SLC-2W for example).


Jacques :-)

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