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Vacation Announcement

I will be on vacation from June 2nd through June 9th.
If anyone would like to volunteer to post APOD during that time, please FReepmail me.
Otherwise the APOD will not be posted as I will be visiting relatives in California.

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Thanks for the ping

Breath taking beauty.

Thank you.

VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
As of 2003 April 9

This schedule is a composite of unclassified information from
government, industry, and other reliable sources. The dates and times
may not agree with those posted on the official Vandenberg AFB launch
schedule (mocc.vandenberg.af.mil/launchsched.asp).

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

JUN 1 ~12:00 Pegasus XL Offshore
Payload is OrbView 3 commercial reconnaissance satellite. Pegasus will
be air-launched from an L-1011 staged from Vandenberg AFB

JUN Unannounced Minuteman III LF-04
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is at least one unarmed
warhead. Impact area is near Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
GT-182GM

JUL Unannounced Pegasus XL Offshore
Payload is SciSat 1 ozone monitoring satellite. Pegasus will be
air-launched from an L-1011 staged from Vandenberg AFB

Late JUN ~09:00 Titan II SLC-4W
Payload is a DMSP military weather satellite. The launch window
for this long-delayed launch has not been announced, but
previous launch attempts have been scheduled for 06:00 to 09:00
PDT, depending on the time of year.

AUG Unannounced Minuteman III LF-26
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is at least one unarmed
warhead. Impact area is near Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
GT-183GB

SEP Unannounced Minuteman III LF-10
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is at least one unarmed
warhead. Impact area is near Kwajalein in the central Pacific.
GT-181GM

SEP 18 09:44 Delta II SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's Gravity Probe-B scientific satellite

Mid-OCT Unannounced Atlas IIas SLC-3E
Payload is a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite(s).