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VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE

As of 2003 July 2

This schedule is a composite of unclassified information approved for
public release public from government, industry, and other sources.
It is essentially accurate at the time of publication, but may
disagree with other launch schedules (including the official
Vandenberg AFB schedule). This listing does not provide sensitive or
potentially sensitive information on military launches.

Launch
    Time/Window
  Date      (PST/PDT)   Vehicle      Pad/Silo
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JUL-SEP      Unannounced      EKV Booster      Unknown
Test launch of Boeing's prototype booster for the EKV (anti-missile
interceptor). Vehicle will fly a ballistic (non-orbital) trajectory.
Launch being conducted for the Missile Defense Agency to develop a
ground-based, midcourse defense system against strategic missiles.
BV-5 

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

AUG-OCT Unannounced      EKV Booster      Unknown
Test launch of Orbital Science's prototype booster for the EKV
(anti-missile interceptor). Vehicle will fly a ballistic
(non-orbital) trajectory. Launch being conducted for the Missile
Defense Agency to develop a ground-based, midcourse defense system
against strategic missiles. BV-6

AUG 2 21:03:05-22:00:14     Pegasus XL      Offshore
Payload is the Canadian Space Agency's SciSat 1 ozone monitoring
satellite. Pegasus will be air-launched from an L-1011 staged from
Vandenberg AFB 

SEP 09:17-09:27      Titan II      SLC-4W
Payload is a DMSP military weather satellite  

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

OCT 15 Unannounced      Atlas II      SLC-3E
Payload is a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite(s). 

NOV 6 Mid-morning      Delta II      SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's Gravity Probe B scientific satellite

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