Tag: Vandenberg
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Video: Delta 2/SMAP pre-launch news conference
NASA, United Launch Alliance and Air Force officials hold the pre-launch news conference for the Delta 2 rocket with the agency’s SMAP environmental satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 27.
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All systems ‘go’ for Delta 2 rocket launch of SMAP
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — The SMAP observatory to map soil moisture distribution from 426 miles in space and its workhorse booster have been cleared for launch Thursday morning from California. The Launch Readiness Review occurred today to verify that SMAP and United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket are standing in perfect shape for blastoff…
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Preview story: Launch of Delta 2 rocket with NASA probe Thursday
Credit: NASA VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE — From weather forecasting to agricultural benefits, a new NASA mission launching this week will provide unprecedented detail, accuracy and coverage of soil moisture from space on a world-wide basis every three days for the next three years. “Moist soil is far more interesting than you might have ever…
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Photos: SMAP joins Delta 2 rocket
This photo gallery shows NASA’s SMAP spacecraft arriving at the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex 2 and being hoisted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket. This occurred on January 13.
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Payload shroud installed on Delta 2 rocket for next week’s launch
Installation of the Delta 2 rocket’s nose cone was completed Tuesday in the cleanroom of Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 2 gantry as preparations continue for the SMAP mission’s liftoff next Thursday. The two halves of the 10-foot-diameter composite fairing will protect the SMAP spacecraft during the climb through Earth’s atmosphere in the initial five minutes…
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NASA water mapper set for move to the launch pad
SMAP folded up for launch. Credit: NASA Making a scientific measurement of planet Earth on a global scale never before attempted by NASA is the objective of an environment satellite to be mounted atop its booster rocket Tuesday in California. Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is slated for Jan. 29…
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Record-setting Atlas launches with new Centaur engine
Credit: ULA A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket put on a display of power, sound and light Friday evening at Vandenberg Air Force Base in launching a clandestine national security payload, then successfully debuted a new upper stage engine as it flew over the horizon. “This is the most powerful Atlas vehicle ever launched…
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Photos: Gantry retracted from Atlas 5
The 8-million-pound mobile service tower is retracted from around the Atlas 5 rocket, revealing the 20-story-tall vehicle for liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: ULA Credit: James Murati/Bionetics Credit: James Murati/Bionetics
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Photos: Atlas launch seen from press site
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket unleashes two million pounds of thrust at 7:19 p.m. to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the NROL-35 mission. Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
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Live coverage: Atlas 5 blasts off from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on the NROL-35 mission with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.