Vandenburg AFB newspaper
SIDNEYMILLER@delphi.com
Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:05:48 -0500 (EST)
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Satellite spotters with 24 dollars to gamble might want to
investigate a "different" source of satellite information.
The SPACE & MISSILE TIMES is the post newspaper for
Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is published weekly and runs
about 20 to 24 pages. While most of the "news" is quite mundane,
there are occasional stories about payloads or launchers that make
very interesting reading.
In the November 4, 1994 issue there was a three-page spread
on Space Launch Complex 10 West, a 137-acre site on North Vandenberg
listed on the National Register of Historic Places. SLC-10W was once
used to train British crews on the Thor missile. The place is
open for civilians to visit on tours! The USAF has a four-person
detachment supporting SLC-10W and the other location open to the
public, 395-Charlie (a Titan II launch site).
The same article mentions the Western Spaceport Museum
in nearby Lompoc. I've never seen this museum, but I would enjoy
hearing from anyone who has been there. I hope it exists.
SPACE & MISSILE TIMES back issues, postpaid, are a dollar apiece.
Six months' subscription (26 issues) is $24. According to Jennifer
in the subscription department, prices are the same for US or foreign
addresses. Make your checks out to "The Lompoc Record",
which is the newspaper in nearby Lompoc that does the actual
compiling and printing.
The Lompoc Record
Space & Missile Times
115 North H Street
Lompoc, CA 93436
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