BY JUSTIN RAY September 21, 2000 -- Follow the countdown and launch of a U.S. Air Force Titan 2 rocket with the NOAA-L weather satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.				Take a pad tour Spaceflight Now visited the Titan 2 rocket's launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in August. We now present a virtual tour! START Video vault The Titan 2 rocket launches with the NOAA-L global weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, as seen on NASA TV.   PLAY (264k, 23sec QuickTime file) An alternate launch pad camera shows the Titan 2 lifting off from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex-4 West. .   PLAY (132k, 10sec QuickTime file) A video camera mounted to the fixed umbilical tower of the launch pad captures a spectacular view of the Titan 2 rocket roaring to life and lifting off.   PLAY (183k, 14sec QuickTime file) The first stage of the Titan 2 rocket shuts down and separates as the second stage ignites as seen by an infrared tracking camera.   PLAY (238k, 27sec QuickTime file) Download QuickTime 4 software to view this file. Flight data file Vehicle: Titan 2 Payload: NOAA-L Launch date: Sept. 21, 2000 Launch window: 1022-1032 GMT (6:22-6:32 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Snapshot The Air Force mission patch. Photo: 2SLS Pre-launch briefing Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch. Titan 2 - Description of the former ICBM missile converted to a space launch vehicle. NOAA-L - A look at the NOAA-L weather satellite and its purpose in environmental research.