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  • Boat containing suspected illegal narcotics crashes off Vandenberg coast

     A boat crashed north of Wall Beach here containing suspected illegal narcotics.Emergency responders are searching the area for any occupants of that boat.All base personnel have been advised to avoid Wall Beach and report any suspicious people or activity to Vandenberg Security Forces at

  • Vandenberg supports another successful launch

    Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload from Space Launch Complex-3 at 10:02 a.m. here Monday.Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, was the launch decisionauthority. "We completed our mission of supporting a safe and successful launch," said

  • AFSPC Readies for Sequestration

    As a consequence of the pending sequestration, Air Force Space Command conducted detailed planning and is now readying for significant cuts and reductions."This budget situation is unprecedented in my 36 years of service," said General William L. Shelton, Commander, Air Force Space Command. "With no

  • Vandenberg to launch Atlas V Feb. 11

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a NASA payload from Space Launch Complex-3 here Feb. 11 between 10:02 and 10:50 a.m.Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, is the launch decision authority. "Our team and our mission partners have put a

  • MINUTEMAN III TEST LAUNCH SCHEDULED

    An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Nov. 14 between 1:44 a.m. and 7:44 a.m. from North Vandenberg.The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness

  • Atlas V rocket scheduled for afternoon launch

    A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload is scheduled to be launched by team Vandenberg from Space Launch Complex-3 here Thursday at 2:39 p.m. The launch, originally scheduled for Aug. 2, was postponed when a range instrumentation issue developed

  • Atlas V launch scheduled for Sept. 13

    Vandenberg officials here Monday rescheduled the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload to Sept. 13.The rocket is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-3 here pending final testing of the Mission Flight Control Center, which

  • ATLAS V LAUNCH DELAY EXTENDED TO NO EARLIER THAN AUG. 14

    The launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload has been further delayed to no earlier than Aug. 14 here to provide additional time for resolution of a range instrumentation issue that developed during the initial launch attempt Aug 2."The instrumentation currently

  • ATLAS V LAUNCH DELAYED

    The launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying the National Reconnaissance Office NROL-36 payload originally scheduled for Aug. 2 has been delayed due to an uprange instrumentation issue and is now scheduled for Aug. 3 at 12:27 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-3. There are no issues with the Atlas V vehicle

  • Vandenberg’s fifth Atlas V launch scheduled

    Team Vandenberg is scheduled to launch a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload from Space Launch Complex-3 here Aug. 2 at 12:40 a.m. Vandenberg's 4th Space Launch Squadron is in final preparations for launch with Vandenberg's mission partners from