New telemetry antenna stood up at Vandenberg

Members of the Air Force Space Command’s Launch and Range Systems Wing team participated in a ground breaking which kicked off a project to install a new 44 foot telemetry antenna at the Vandenberg’s Oak Mountain site. On April 28, 2009,

Over the past year the LRSW and the Spacelift Range Systems Contract Team and A.J. Diani construction contractors have been making “Dirt Fly” at Vandenberg’s Oak Mountain site.

This is the second 44foot telemetry antenna that LRSW is developing at Oak Mountain for the 30th Space Wing. This team’s effort will provide additional telemetry capabilities and much needed updates to the infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force’s Western Launch and Test Range key telemetry site.
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