Tag: Vandenberg Air Force Base

  • Delta Mariner drops anchor at Vandenberg to deliver rocket

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    Credit: Senior Airman Shane M. Phipps/Air Force. The harbor at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California received a Delta 4 rocket last week, dropping anchor aboard the Delta Mariner cargo ship after transit from the manufacturing plant in Alabama. The United Launch Alliance rocket is scheduled to lift off in April from Space Launch Complex…

  • Soil moisture mapper fueled for January launch

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    Artist’s concept of the SMAP spacecraft in orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s innovative soil moisture mapper, a new environmental satellite launching in January, has been fueled up for blastoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. To be carried aloft by a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket, the liftoff is slated for Jan. 29 at…