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The US Air Force successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite Dec. 5, 2009 at 8:47 pm (EST), when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) into space. WGS satellites are designed to provide high-capacity communications to US military forces. They will augment and eventually replace the Defense Satellite Communication System that has been the Department of Defense's backbone for satellite communications over the last two decades . Secretary of the ...

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The 45th Space Wing launched successfully a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carrying the Intelsat-14 commercial communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 41 at 1:55 am (EST) today. "This launch helps to ensure that vital communications will continue to bolster our nation's capabilities and showcases why the 45th Space Wing is the world's premiere gateway to space," said Brig. Gen. Edward L. Bolton Jr., 45th Space Wing commander. This mission ...

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Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., (Oct. 18, 2009) Adding to the Atlas rocket programs accomplished five decade legacy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V successfully launched the US Air Forces Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 am PDT, today. The DMSP F18 spacecraft was built for the Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. This mission marked the 600th launch of an Atlas vehicle, carrying on ...

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Vandenberg successfully launched a Atlas V rocket Oct. 18 at 9:12 am The rocket took off from Space Launch Complex-3 carrying a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payload. This was Vandenberg's second Atlas V launch and the first Air Force payload to be lifted from Vandenberg aboard an Atlas V. Atlas V is part of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle family. The program, which began in the 1990s with the goal of making government space launches more affordable and reliable, resulted in ...

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Vintage footage from the early days of the Air Force ICBM forces.

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The rocket carried worldview-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite, into polar orbit. With confirmation of the payload's delivery into orbit and signal acquisition, the launch was pronounced a success. Col. David Buck, the 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decision authority for this mission. "There really is nothing quite as exciting as seeing one of these powerful little rockets jump off the pad," Col Buck said. "I'm incredibly proud of this wing and its mission partners ...

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Air Force Space command is seeking teachers in the Colorado Springs area to participate in a visit by afspace to teach a Science and/or Math lesson on GPS. Please email pam.afspc@peterson.af.mil if you are interested.

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The 45th SW launched a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V Expendable Launch Vehicle carrying a government communications satellite from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Sept 8.

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The end of an era - the Air Force's final Delta II mission lifts of from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Nations final GPSIIR-M, the last spacecraft in the current generation of GPS.

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Vandenberg firefighters have responded to a mutual support request to assist fire departments from around the state of California. The base's firefighters have deployed one fire engine, one water tender, hot shot crew members and a helicopter support manager. The firefighters will work in two-week shift intervals. Plans are to fight the La Brea Fire until it is extinguished. According to Santa Barbara County Sherriffs Department investigators, the fire was started Aug. 8, by equipment inside ...

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