new links 2015
editmany errors [1] subtle errors [2]
ER
editer gen info[1]
ccafs[2]
rocc renamed mocc[3]
tel4[4]: pg 58
jd[4]: 13, 45, 58, 65
ant[4]: add
asc[4]: add
arg[4]: add
coolidge-aas-vcbird[5]
History
editNatgeo article from 1959[6]
er development[7]
er development[8]
45th SW [9]
launch ops[10]
cape hist 49-58[11]
cape hist 59-[12]
cape historic landmark reg form [13]: add
thru 70[14]
71-92 [15]
white sands v2 crash[3]
AFTAC
editAFTAC[4]
Commanders
editBrig. Gen. Edward L. "Ed" Bolton Jr.[5] [6]
Launch Complexes
editLC-36 [7]
WR
editwr gen info[16]
BASELINE ASSESSMENT WESTERN SPACE AND MISSILE CENTER[17]: add
indyne contract[18]
wr lsa[19]: add
vandenberg history faq[20]
titan ii vafb history link[21]
ER & WR Range Saftey
editEWR 127-1 ch1[22]: add
TDRS
editcompatibility of Delta series [23]: add
low earth orbit, shuttle and hst[24]
space network users guide[25]: add
info on specs and data rates [26]: add
space communication program site[27]
tdrss site[28]
space based range demonstration report[29]: add
2nd tdrss workshop (1996)[30]
Delta II
editDelta II isn't TDRS compatible [23]
PPG[31]
GLAST
editGLAST mission overview[32]
Delta IV
editDelta IV is compatible with TDRS [23]
PPG[33]
Atlas V
editPPG[34]
Army Space and RTS, Kwajalein
editHourglass[35]
ASJ[36]
White Sands 1941-1965[37]
Launches
editMission Set Database[38]
FAA Year In Review[39]
Ariane Launch Status[40]
Misc
editSAC chronology[41]
Snark to Peacekeeper[42]
NASA Range Safety Overview[43]
DAWN Journal mentioning big crow and ottr[44]
big crow faq[45]
big crow NKC-135[46]
OTTR[47]
national range/major range facility test base[48]
flametrench blog[49]
NASA
editMoonport[50]
Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport News[51]
2007 NASA Range Safety Annual Report (refs to nasa/er diff, range safety, pdts, rcc)[52]
Technical Reports
edit19650003963 Summary of major nasa amr etr launchings, 1 october 1958 - 30 september 1964 ksc historical report no. 1 [53]
19670030427 Chronology of work stoppages and related events, KSC NASA and AFETR through July 1965[54]
19670008308 The evolution of the Satellite Tracking And Data Acouisition Network STADAN [55]
19730065454 Spacecraft tracking [56]
19770007245 A history of the deep space network [57]
19750002909 Historics of the Space Tracking And Data Acquisition Network (STADAN), the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN), and the NASA Communications Network (NASCOM) [58]
19630042565 NASA SPACE UTILIZATION AT AMR [59]
Launch Tally
edit3379 since 1950
Launch Complexes
editLC1, LC2 snark LC3 Bomarc, Polarix, X-17 LC4 Bomarc, Draco, Jason, Matador, Redstone, Snark LC3-4 Bomarc LC5 Juno family, Jupiter family, Redstone (including Mercury-Redstone LC6 Jupiter family, Redstone, Matador LC9 Navaho XSM-64 LC10 Navaho XSM-64, Draco LC11-LC14 Atlas family LC16 Titan Family, Pershing LC17 Thor family, Delta Family (thru Delta III) LC18A Vangaurd, Blue scout jr LC18B Thor, Blue Scout family, Scout LC19 Titan Family LC20 Joust, Starbird, Red Tigress, Titan family LC21, LC22 Bull Goose, Goose, Mace family LC25A&B Polaris LC25C Poseidon, Trident LC25D Poseidon (1 launch) LC26 Jupiter (1 launch) LC26A Jupiter family, Redstone LC26B Jupiter, Juno 2 LC29 Chevaline LC29A Chevaline, Polaris LC30 and near LC30 Pershing 1 LC31 Pershing 1A LC31A Minuteman LC31B, LC32B Minuteman, Minuteman2, Minuteman3 LC34 Saturn 1,Saturn 1B LC36A Atlas Centaur family, Atlas 2 family LC36B Atlas, Atlas Centaur family, Atlas 2 family, Atlas 3 family LC37B DeltaIV, Saturn 1, Saturn 1B LC39A Saturn V, Space Shuttle LC39B Saturn 1B, Saturn V, Space Shuttle LC40 Titan 3C thru Titan 4B LC41 Titan 3C thru Titan 4B, Atlas V LC46 Trident 2, Athena 1 and 2 LC47 Loft-1, Super Loki
Off Cape
editPAFB (near Building 800) Matador PTM boat Penguin Ramey Jason Skid strip Navaho X-10
Launch Area's not in Florida
editFrench Guiana Ariane, Ariane 2, Ariane 3 (5/23/80 thru 1/15/91 Wallops Jason, Minotaur Cruise missile Lark, Matador, Snark, RV-A-10, Bomarc, Navaho X-10,X-17,
Aircraft
editB-47 aircraft Bold Orion B-52 aircraft Hound Dog, Skybolt, SRAM, Pegasus B-58 aircraft ALBM 199-C FB-111 aircraft SRAM L-1011 aircraft Pegasus H, Pegasus XL
US Ships
editUSS Observation Island Polaris, Poseidon
US Subs
editUnidentified submarine Polaris, Trident 2 USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602) Polaris USS Alabama (SSBN 731) Trident USS Alaska (SSBN 732) Trident, Trident 1, Trident 2 USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN 617) Polaris, Poseidon USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619) Polaris, Poseidon USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN 640) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN 633) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident USS Daniel Boone (SSBN 629) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626) Polaris, Poseidon USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608) Polaris USS Florida (SSBN 728) Trident, Trident 1 USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident USS George Bancroft (SSBN 643) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident USS George C. Marshall (SSBN 654) Polaris, Poseidon USS George Washington (SSBN 598) Polaris USS George Washington Carver (SSBN 656) Polaris, Poseidon USS Georgia (SSBN 729) Trident, Trident 1 USS Guardfish (SSBN 612) Polaris USS Haddo (SSN 604) Polaris USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625) Polaris, Poseidon USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) Trident, Trident 1, Trident 2 USS Henry Stimson (SSBN 655) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Jack (SSN 605) Polaris USS James K. Polk (SSBN 645) Polaris, Poseidon USS James Madison (SSBN 627) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident USS James Monroe (SSBN 622) Polaris, Poseidon USS John Adams (SSBN 620) Polaris, Poseidon USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS John Marshall (SSBN 611) Polaris USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642) Polaris, Poseidon USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) Trident 2 USS Lafayette (SSBN 616) Polaris, Poseidon USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN 644) Polaris, Poseidon USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) Trident 2 USS Maine (SSBN 741) Trident 2 USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Maryland (SSBN 738) Trident 2 USS Michigan (SSBN 727) Trident, Trident 1 USS Nathan Hale (SSBN 623) Polaris, Poseidon USS Nathanael Green (SSBN 636) Polaris, Poseidon USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) Trident 2 USS Nevada (SSBN 733) Trident, Trident 1, Trident 2 USS Ohio (SSBN 726) Trident, Trident 1 USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599) Polaris USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) Trident 2 USS Pollack (SSN 603) Polaris USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) Trident 2 USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN 601) Polaris USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) Polaris USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635) Polaris, Poseidon USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN 634) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident, Trident 1 USS Tecumseh (SSBN 628) Polaris, Poseidon USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) Trident, Trident 2 USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) Polaris USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN 610) Polaris USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN 618) Polaris USS Tinosa (SSN 606) Polaris USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631) Polaris, Poseidon USS Von Steuben (SSBN 632) Polaris, Poseidon, Trident USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) Trident 2 USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) Polaris, Poseidon USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN 624) Polaris, Poseidon USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) Trident 2
British Subs
editHMS Renown Polaris, Chevaline HMS Repulse HMS Resolution HMS Revenge HMS Vanguard Trident 2 HMS Vengeance HMS Victorius HMS Vigilant
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