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Launch preparationsLaunch preparations
Launch preparations

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASED, Calif. -- United Luanch Alliance workers lift a solid rocket motor for emplacement on a Delta II rocket. The Delta II rocket will launch NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, which will observe the entire sky in mid-infrared wavelengths with greater sensitivity than ever before. (Courtesy photo/Mark P. Mackley)
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Posted: 10/22/2009

Launch preparationsLaunch preparations
Launch preparations

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- United Luanch Alliance workers place a solid rocket motor on a Delta II rocket. The Delta II rocket will launch NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite, which will observe the entire sky in mid-infrared wavelengths with greater sensitivity than ever before. (Courtesy photo/Mark P. Mackley)
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Posted: 10/22/2009

Atlas V launch successfulAtlas V launch successful
Atlas V launch successful

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. Despite a foggy day, the Atlas V flawlessly delivered DMSP F18 successfully to its assigned orbit after an 18 minute flight. (United Launch Alliance photo/Pat Corkery)
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Posted: 10/19/2009

Atlas V launch successfulAtlas V launch successful
Atlas V launch successful

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 mission lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. Despite a foggy day, the Atlas V flawlessly delivered DMSP F18 successfully to its assigned orbit after an 18 minute flight. (United Launch Alliance photo/Pat Corkery)
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Posted: 10/19/2009

Vandenberg successfully launches Delta IIVandenberg successfully launches Delta II
Vandenberg successfully launches Delta II

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 at 1:24 p.m. May 5. The rocket carried an experimental satellite for the Missile Defense Agency's Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kerelin Molina)
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Posted: 5/5/2009

Vandenberg successfully launches Delta IIVandenberg successfully launches Delta II
Vandenberg successfully launches Delta II

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 at 1:24 p.m. May 5. The rocket carried an experimental satellite for Missile Defense Agency's Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Heather R. Shaw)
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Posted: 5/5/2009

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Vandenberg successfully launches Delta II

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Vandenberg successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 at 1:24 p.m. May 5. At approximately one hour after liftoff, with confirmation of the payload's delivery into low Earth orbit, the launch was pronounced a success. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Lee)
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Posted: 5/5/2009

Steady as she goesSteady as she goes
Steady as she goes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II Rocket fairing is moved into position March 11 at the bottom of the Main Support Tower, or MST, of a Delta II Rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 here. The rocket will carry the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction, or STSS-ATRR, research and development satellite for the Missile Defense Agency. NASA will oversee the launch. The Delta II is scheduled for launch May 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mark Mackley)
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Posted: 3/12/2009

Steady as she goesSteady as she goes
Steady as she goes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II Rocket fairing is raised into position March 11 at the bottom of the Main Support Tower, or MST, of a Delta II Rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 here. The rocket will carry the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction, or STSS-ATRR, research and development satellite for the Missile Defense Agency. NASA will oversee the launch. The Delta II is scheduled for launch May 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mark Mackley)
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Posted: 3/12/2009

Steady as she goesSteady as she goes
Steady as she goes

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Delta II Rocket fairing is raised into position March 11 at the bottom of the Main Support Tower, or MST, of a Delta II Rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 here. The rocket will carry the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction, or STSS-ATRR, research and development satellite for the Missile Defense Agency. NASA will oversee the launch. The Delta II is scheduled for launch May 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mark Mackley)
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Posted: 3/12/2009

Taurus XL Rocket LaunchTaurus XL Rocket Launch
Taurus XL Rocket Launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Taurus XL rocket equipped with NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite launches at 1:55 a.m. Feb. 24 from the 576th-E Space Launch Complex here. This was Vandenberg's second launch of the year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Lee)
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Posted: 2/24/2009

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Taurus awaits launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Space Launch Complex 576-E here, NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory is scheduled to launch aboard the Taurus LX rocket Feb. 24. The spacecraft will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. (U.S. Air Force photos/Senior Airman Christian Thomas)
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Posted: 2/23/2009

    

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