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Sept. 27, 2021
TEAM VANDENBERG LAUNCHES ITS 2000th MISSION TODAY -- AN ATLAS V

Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here today, Sept. 27, at 11:12 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Col. Robert Long was the launch decision authority.
Dec. 21, 2020
USSF; boosting into the future

Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason DeLucy, 30th SW command chief, close the 30th Space Wing 2020 time capsule in celebration of the one year anniversary of the U.S. Space Force Dec. 17, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
July 9, 2020
Discoverer 14 changed the face of reconnaissance

Almost 50 years ago, the Discoverer 14 satellite, equipped with a Thor and Agena booster, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and became the world's low-resolution photo surveillance spacecraft. The Discoverer project was under the codename Corona 14 to mask the sensitive nature of the

TEAM VANDENBERG LAUNCHES ITS 2000th MISSION TODAY -- AN ATLAS V