 
Vandenberg launches Delta II carrying Italian weather sattelite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II rocket carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed Satellite launched from Vandenberg on Dec. 8 at 6:31 p.m. The rocket, second of two COSMO-SkyMed launches scheduled from Vandenberg, took off from Space Launch Complex-2. The Delta II is an expendable launch, medium-lift vehicle. It carries civil and commercial payloads into low-earth, polar, geosynchronous transfer and stationary orbits. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Robert Hargreaves
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Posted: 12/10/2007
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Vandenberg launches Delta II carrying Italian weather sattelite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II rocket carrying the Thales Alenia-Space COSMO-SkyMed Satellite launched from Vandenberg on Dec. 8 at 6:31 p.m. The rocket, second of two COSMO-SkyMed launches scheduled from Vandenberg, took off from Space Launch Complex-2. The Delta II is an expendable launch, medium-lift vehicle. It carries civil and commercial payloads into low-earth, polar, geosynchronous transfer and stationary orbits. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Joe Davila
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Posted: 12/10/2007
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Delta II preparing for launch
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-2 on Wednesday. The rocket will be carrying two Italian satelites that will help the scientific community better understand the Earth and its atmosphere. This launch is the second of four that the Italian Space Agency plans to hold at Vandenberg.
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Posted: 12/5/2007
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Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II bearing the WorldView-1 spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-2 West at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18. The DigitalGloble WorldView-1 spacecraft is a weather mapping satellite launched on the Air Force's 60th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II bearing the WorldView-1 spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-2 West at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18. The DigitalGloble WorldView-1 spacecraft is a weather mapping satellite launched on the Air Force's 60th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II bearing the WorldView-1 spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-2 West at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18. The DigitalGloble WorldView-1 spacecraft is a weather mapping satellite launched on the Air Force's 60th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rich Cassady)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II bearing the WorldView-1 spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-2 West at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18. The DigitalGloble WorldView-1 spacecraft is a weather mapping satellite launched on the Air Force's 60th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rich Cassady)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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Team V launches heritage Delta II rocket, image satellite
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II bearing the WorldView-1 spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-2 West at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18. The DigitalGloble WorldView-1 spacecraft is a weather mapping satellite launched on the Air Force's 60th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rich Cassady)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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Delta II carrying World-View 1 satellite to prepare for lift off
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II rocket carrying the WorldView-1 satellite rolls back from Space Launch Complex-2 on Sept. 17 to prepare for launch on Sept. 18. The WorldView-1 satellite will provide commercial, high-resolution images of Earth for DigitalGlobe, which specializes in global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 9/18/2007
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NFIRE missile defense experiment lifts off from Vandenberg
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A modified Minuteman II booster vehicle with a simplified target payload lifts off at 1:31 a.m. on Aug 23 from North Vandenberg. The launch was part of an exercise involving the tracking of a long-range target missile by the Near Field Infrared Experiment research satellite. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 8/23/2007
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Vandenberg launches Minuteman II
An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile testing Missile Defense Agency sensors launches from North Vandenberg at 9:27 p.m. March 20.
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Posted: 3/22/2007
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Vandenberg launches Minuteman II
An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile testing Missile Defense Agency sensors launches from North Vandenberg at 9:27 p.m. March 20.
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Posted: 3/22/2007
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Job well done
Col. Stephen Whiting, 614th Space Operations Group commander, displays the Omaha Trophy he and his team received for their outstanding performance. The award is presented annually to assigned units that demonstrate the highest standards of performance. Selection for the award is based on formal evaluations, meritorious achievement, safety and other factors such as community involvement and humanitarian efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Stephanie Longoria)
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Posted: 11/28/2006
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Job well done
Ken Stinson, U.S. Strategic Command Consultation Committee chairman, presents the Omaha Trophy to Col. Stephen Whiting, 614th Space Operations Group commander, and his team for their outstanding performance. The award is presented annually to assigned units that demonstrate the highest standards of performance. Selection for the award is based on formal evaluations, meritorious achievement, safety and other factors such as community involvement and humanitarian efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Stephanie Longoria)
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Posted: 11/28/2006
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Delta IV
A Delta IV rocket launches at 5:53 a.m. on Nov. 4 from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6. The rocket carried a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite in to space. The satellite will transition into a polar earth orbit to provide weather forcasts for servicemembers on battlefields around the world. (Photo by Thom Baur)
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Posted: 11/6/2006
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Go for launch
A Delta IV rocket launches at 5:53 a.m. on Nov. 4 from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-6. The rocket carried a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite in to space. The satellite will transition into a polar earth orbit to provide weather forcasts for servicemembers on battlefields around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 11/4/2006
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Minuteman III launch
As with this Minuteman III launch Sept. 14, 2005, Vandenberg AFB successfully conducted a Minutman III launch July 20, at 3:14 a.m. This week’s launch was conducted from Vandenberg’s new Western Range Operations Control Center.
(Air Force photo by 30th Space Communications Squadron)
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Posted: 7/20/2006
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Delta IV launch successful
A Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifts off from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday, June 27. (U.S. Air Force photo/Brian Gavin)
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Posted: 6/28/2006
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Delta IV aerial
A Delta IV takes off from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 8:33 p.m., June 27. The Delta IV was a medium-plus configuration of the booster’s five design options, which enables it to place payloads in orbit ranging from nearly 9,000 pounds to more than 27,000 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
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Posted: 6/28/2006
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Twilight Phenomenon
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. – The twilight phenomenon can be seen in the wake of the Minotaur I during its departure from Space Launch Complex 8 here Sept. 22. This effect is caused by unspent fuel freezing at high altitude. The frozen particles reflect sunlight below the horizon and display different colors against a dark background.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. LeeAnn Sunn-Wagner)
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Posted: 6/21/2006
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Launch Summary
The last Titan IV spacecraft stands ready to lift off from Space Launch Complex-4 East Oct. 19, 2005. The last Titan launch made way for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program set to commence at Vandenberg this year with the launch of Boeing’s Delta IV and Lockheed Martin’s Atlas V vehicles. (Photo by Airman Bryan Boyette)
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Posted: 6/15/2006
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Titan launch
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Titian IV Centaur rocket launches here Oct. 19. The rocket is the largest unmanned space booster used by the Air Force. The vehicle carries payloads equivalent to the size and weight of those carried on the space shuttle. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Titan launch
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Posted: 10/20/2005
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Delta II rocket
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force successfully launched a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Jason 1 and Timed satellites from Space Launch Complex-2 on Dec. 7. This was the second Delta II launched from Vandenberg this year. Jason 1 is a joint U.S./French oceanography mission. Jason 1 will monitor world ocean circulation, study interactions of the oceans and atmosphere, improve climate predictions and observe events such as El Nino. The NASA timed spacecraft will conduct the first global study of the Earth's mesosphere, lower thermosphere and ionosphere. The project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA and the French space agency. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 2/10/2003
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Titan II Coriolis
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Titan II Coriolis launches from here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Saylor)
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Posted: 1/6/2003
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