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Orbiting Carbon Observatory Nears Launch

Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

The OCO, which will study carbon dioxide and the carbon cycle in the atmosphere, is being prepared to fly in January.

Air Force Takes Center Stage as Bulls Visit Lakers

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a sea of purple and gold, it was Air Force blue that took center stage as Airmen from across the country performed in honor of Air Force Week Los Angeles when the Chicago Bulls came to L.A. to take on the Lak...

NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report 18 November 2008

Space Ref (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report 18 November 2008

NASA'S Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Site

Space Ref (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations.

Carbon watchdog getting prepped for 2009 launch

WinExtra (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008

One of the pressing concerns environmentally is getting a grip on how much damage is being done to our atmosphere by the carbon diaoxide that is being spewed out daily. to try and figure this out NASA will be launching the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in January 2009. the observatory is NASA’s first spacecraft designed to study [...]

United Launch Alliance plans layoffs

The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

The United Launch Alliance plans to cut several hundred jobs in 2009, a work-force reduction spread across all the rocket-maker’s locations nationwide.

• ULA to cut 350 workers - Denver Post

NASA's CO 2 -scan sat arrives at launch site

The Register (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008

Two year atmo-mapping mission to get facts on carbon cycle NASA's first satellite dedicated to monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide has arrived at its launch site. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will take off from Vandenberg airforce base in January.…

Orbiting Carbon Observatory arrives at launch site

Space Spin (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory arrived Tues., Nov. 11, at its launch site on California's central coast after completing a cross-country trip by truck from its manufacturer,...

• Carbon-Sniffing Satellite To Be Launched - Science - The Post Chronicle
• NASA's carbon-sniffing satellite arrives at launch site - Carbon-Based
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Keys official: Reef project moving forward

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008

Officials say the state is poised to contribute up to $1.6 million to satisfy a shipyard lien so a decommissioned Air Force vessel can be sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys.

Orbital Ships NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory Satellite to Launch Site at Vandenberg Air Force Base

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced today that it has shipped

Military Weather Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Achieves Five Years on Orbit, Exceeding Design Life

Space Ref (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

Military Weather Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Achieves Five Years on Orbit, Exceeding Design Life

Vandenberg officials launch Minuteman III missile

Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Vandenberg Air Force Base officials launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly at 1 a.m. PST Nov. 5 here. The launch was an operational test to determine the weapon system's reliability and accuracy. The missile's single unarmed re-entry vehicle traveled approximately 4,190 miles to the predetermined target near...

• Vandenberg officials launch Minuteman III missile - Global Security

NOAA-N Prime satellite arrives at Vandenberg for launch

Space Spin (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

The latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, called NOAA-N Prime, arrived Tuesday by C-5A military cargo aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for a Feb. 4, 2009, launch. NOAA-N Prime, built by Lockheed Martin, is similar to NOAA-N launched on May 20, 2005. The satellite...

• Dropped NOAA-N Satellite Ready For Launch - NASA Watch
• New weather satellite moves toward launch - Times of the Internet
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Officials Want To Rename Vandenberg Airport

Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

Hillsborough County aviation officials want to rename Vandenberg Airport, near the intersection of interstates 4 and 75, to Tampa Executive Airport and name the terminal for the airport's founder, George Vandenberghe.

Signature Technologies to do TIA upgrade, Vandenberg discussed

The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority approved an extra work authorization for an upgrade of electronic visual information display systems software and a replacement of CRT with flat panel monitors at Tampa International Airport. Signature Technologies Inc., located near Dayton, Ohio, will provide the upgrades for the project, which has a total budget of $1.2 million.