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Friday, January 21, 2011

Vandenberg Launch Schedule 2011

Delta IV Heavy SLC-6 launch video, Vandenberg Launch Schedule 2011
Here's the unclassified Vandenberg launch schedule 2011 for the rocket and missile launches of Vandenberg Air Force Base for the next six months as posted by dailypostal.com.
JAN 20 at 13:08
Delta IV Heavy - SLC-6
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-49 payload

FEB 5 – Time To be announced
Minotaur I - SLC-8
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-66 payload

FEB 23 at 02:09:43
Taurus XL - 576E
Payload is the Glory scientific satellite. Vehicle will carry three small satellites as secondary payloads: Explorer 1 Prime (Montana State University), Hermes (University of Colorado), and KySat-1 (Kentucky space consortium).

MAR 31 – Time To be announced
Atlas V - SLC-3E
Vehicle will launch the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-34 payload

JUN 9 - Unknown
Delta II - SLC-2W
Vehicle will launch Argentina’s SAC-D scientific satellite carrying NASA’s Aquarius instrument
And for the first of Vandenberg Launch Schedule 2011, here's the Delta IV Heavy SLC-6 launch video. Accordingly, it is the largest rocket ever launched from the West Coast.

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