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Base Considers Disassembling Historical Launch Complex
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 01, 2009Vandenberg is currently undergoing the planning stages of removing and disassembling pieces from one of its historical launch pads, Space Launch Complex-5. The reason behind modifying the vacant complex came about when Vandenberg began receiving numerous requests from different agencies, programs and personnel around the globe for unused SLC-5 parts. "As an architectural historian, I ... read more *New* Comments: 0 Continental Provides New Tires For Payload Transporter 
Indian Land SC (SPX) Apr 27, 2009Continental Tire North America, Inc. ("Continental") recently provided new tires for a ground transporter vehicle that will be used to support Atlas V rocket launch processing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation, contacted Continental to provide replacement tires for its KAMAG Transporttech ... read more *New* Comments: 0 NATO satellite launched on Russian-Ukrainian rocket 
Moscow (AFP) April 20, 2009A NATO communications satellite was launched into orbit Monday aboard a Russian-Ukrainian rocket from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean, space officials said. "The SICRAL 1B satellite was launched at 0816 GMT and successfully placed into orbit," a spokeswoman for the Russian mission control centre outside Moscow, Irina Manshilina, told AFP. The satellite was launched aboard a Rus ... read more *New* Comments: 0 SpaceX Delays Razaksat Launch 
Hawthorne, CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2009Due to a potential compatibility issue between the RazakSAT spacecraft and Falcon 1 launch vehicle, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB) have agreed to postpone the launch of ATSB's RazakSAT satellite. While both the Falcon 1 vehicle and satellite passed all preliminary checkouts and are cleared for launch, a concern has been identified rega ... read more *New* Comments: 0 Sea Launch Counts Down To SICRAL 1B Launch
Long Beach, CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2009The Sea Launch team is initiating a 72-hour countdown at its equatorial launch site, in preparation for the launch of Telespazio's SICRAL 1B communications satellite on April 20. Liftoff is planned at 01:16 am PDT (8:16 GMT), at the opening of a 57-minute launch window. The team arrived at the launch site, at 154 degrees West Longitude, on April 15 and began ballasting operations to increa ... read more *New* Comments: 0 |
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