[FPSPACE] FW: [Launch Alert] Fifty Years Ago Today

[LARRY KLAES]

> From: kd6nrp at earthlink.net
> To: launch-alert at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:51:38 -0700
> Subject: [Launch Alert] Fifty Years Ago Today
> 
> 
> LAUNCH ALERT
> 
> Brian Webb
> Ventura County, California
> kd6nrp at earthlink.net
> http://www.spacearchive.info
> 
> 2009 October 31 (Saturday) 16:49 PDT
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> 
> FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY
> 
> Fifty years ago today - 31 October 1959 - the first U.S.
> intercontinental ballistic missile armed with a nuclear warhead went
> on combat alert.
> 
> The missile was an Atlas D at Vandenberg AFB site A. Given the range
> of the Atlas and Vandenberg's location, my guess is that the missile
> was programmed to strike a high value target in the Soviet Far East.
> 
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> 
> VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
> As of 2009 October 31
> 
> Launch
> Time/Window
> Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo
> -------- --------------- ---------- --------
> 
> NOV 18 To be announced Minuteman III ---
> Vehicle will probably send one or more unarmed warheads on a ballistic
> trajectory to the central Pacific 
> 
> DEC 7 06:10-06:23 Delta II SLC-2W
> Payload is the WISE scientific satellite. Launch occurs before sunrise
> and may provide a Twilight Effect 
> 
> Unknown To be announced GBI ---
> Missile defense Ground-based Interceptor. Delayed from SEP 27 
> 
> Unknown Evening Minotaur IV SLC-8
> First-ever Minotaur IV launch. Payload is the Space-Based Space
> Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> Dates and times are subject to change without notice.
> 
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> 
> Copyright 2009, Brian Webb. All rights reserved. This newsletter may
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> 
> 
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