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Rocket and Missile launches

Rocket and Missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base Rocket and Missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base from 1997 to the present.

Vandenberg Launches 1982 - 1996 Photographs of rocket and missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base from 1982 to 1996.

February 1, 2002, Orbital Sciences Corporation L-1011, Stargazer, departs with HESSI

Orbital Sciences Corporation L-1011, Stargazer, departs from Vandenberg AFB with the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft, February 1, 2002 The Orbital Sciences Corporation L-1011, Stargazer, carried the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, February 1.

October 31, 2004, Vandenberg Air Force Base Airshow

Vandenberg Air Force Base hosted an airshow over Halloween weekend. The weather was sunny, breezy, and cool. The show featured a peformance by the new Raytheon T-6A Texan II.

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February 8 and February 10, 2005: Antonov An-124 sighted over Lompoc

Volga-Dnepr An-124, RA-82045 at Vandenberg AFB, California, February 2005 A Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 condor landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base on February 8 and February 10. It delivered the first Lockheed-Martin Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage to the west coast launch complex.

April 15, 2005: DART Launched on Pegasus-XL

NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology satellite was launched on an Orbital Sciences' Pegasus-XL booster at 10:27 A.M. PDT this morning. The Pegasus-XL booster was dropped from Orbital Sciences' L-1011 Stargazer N140SC, which took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Orbital Sciences' L-1011 <em>Stargazer</em> N140SC, April 15, 2005 Orbital Sciences' L-1011 Stargazer, N140SC returns to land on Runway 30 at Vandenberg AFB following the launch of the DART mission.

May 20, 2005: Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 Ruslan at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 Ruslan at Vandenberg Air Force Base A Volga-Dnepr Antonov An-124 Ruslan delivered a large payload to Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday May 20, 2005.

March 22, 2006: Pegasus/Space Technology 5 launch

Pegasus/Space Technology 5 launch, March 22, 2006 Three Space Technology 5 satellites were placed in orbit by an Orbital Sciences Pegasus-XL booster launched from Orbital's Lockheed L-1011, N140SC Stargazer at 6:03 A.M. PST on March 22, 2006.

April 25, 2007: Pegasus-XL/AIM and An-124 at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission was launched into orbit by an Orbital Sciences Pegasus-XL booster at 1:26 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The rocket was carried to the launch position off the Pacific coast near Monterey by Orbital Sciences Lockheed L-1011 N140SC Stargazer, which staged out of Vandenberg Air Fiorce Base. An Antonov Design Bureau An-124 UR-82027 showed up from Bangor, Maine at 10:50 AM.

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