 
Team Vandenberg launches Delta II rocket
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team Vandenberg launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas) observatory from Space Launch Complex-2 here at 7:20 a.m. PDT Friday, June 10, 2011. The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory is a collaboration between NASA and Argentina's space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). Aquarius is the NASA-built primary instrument on the SAC-D spacecraft, built by CONAE. Aquarius will map global changes in salinity -- the concentration of dissolved salt -- at the ocean surface. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)
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Posted: 6/10/2011
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Team Vandenberg launches Delta II rocket
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Team Vandenberg launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas) observatory from Space Launch Complex-2 here at 7:20 a.m. PDT Friday, June 10, 2011. The Aquarius/SAC-D observatory is a collaboration between NASA and Argentina's space agency, Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). Aquarius is the NASA-built primary instrument on the SAC-D spacecraft, built by CONAE. Aquarius will map global changes in salinity -- the concentration of dissolved salt -- at the ocean surface. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrew Satran)
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Posted: 6/10/2011
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Vandenberg's 4th Atlas V lifts off
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched an Atlas V from Space Launch Complex-3 here April 14 at 9:24 p.m. PDT. It was the fourth Atlas V processed at Vandenberg and the 605th overall Atlas mission in U.S. history. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)
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Posted: 4/15/2011
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.
An Orbital Sciences Titan XL launched from Vandenberg pad 576E March 4 carrying a NASA payload. The launch proceeded as planned from its liftoff at 2:09 a.m. PST through the ignition of the Taurus XL's second stage. Telemetry indicated the fairing, a protective shell atop the rocket, did not separate as expected during the second stage engine burn. The Glory spacecraft likely fell into the Pacific Ocean. The Glory Earth-observinc satellite was intended to improve understanding o fhow the sun and tiny atmospheric particles affect Earth's climate. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 3/8/2011
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.
Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, commander of U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space, speaks with students at the Sixth Annual Ilan Ramon International Space Conference in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Jan. 30, 2011. The students used this opportunity to ask the general questions about her assignment as an astronaut with NASA. During her two-day visit to Tel-Aviv, General Helms delivered a keynote speech at the conference and met with Israeli military leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Major Stacie N. Shafran)
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Posted: 2/23/2011
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Vandenberg to launch Taurus XL
The Taurus XL rocket stands on pad 576-E during preparations for a Feb. 23 launch. The rocket will carry the spacecraft Glory into polar orbit for NASA.
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Posted: 2/17/2011
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Vandenberg to launch Taurus XL
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--The Taurus XL rocket stands on pad 576-E during preparations for a Feb. 23 launch. The rocket will carry the spacecraft Glory into polar orbit for NASA.
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Posted: 2/17/2011
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Vandenberg launches Minotaur I
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Minotaur I rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-8 here at 4:26 a.m. (PST) Feb. 6.The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joe Davila)
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Posted: 2/8/2011
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Vandenberg launches ground-based interceptor
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched a ground-based interceptor from Launch Facility 23 on North Base here at 12:03 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. The launch was Vandenberg's last for 2010; the next launch is a Delta IV Heavy, scheduled for January 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)
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Posted: 12/15/2010
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Preparations underway for first landing of X-37B
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is a non-operational system that will demonstrate a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The objectives of the OTV program include space experimentation, risk reduction and a concept of operations development for reusable space vehicle technologies. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 11/30/2010
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Vandenberg launches Minotaur IV
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched a Minotaur IV rocket at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, from Space Launch Complex-8 here.The Minotaur IV launched the Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite, a first-of-its-kind satellite that can detect and track orbiting space objects from space. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Lee)
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Posted: 9/26/2010
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