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For live updates on today’s launch, ... A SpaceX rocket will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday afternoon, carrying 46 of the aerospace company’s Starlink satellites into orbit.
The launch is scheduled for 10:39 a.m., with a backup opportunity on Friday at the same time, according to SpaceX. The launch will use the company’s Falcon 9 rocket; the first-stage booster that ...
SpaceX is targeting a 1:09 p.m. launch of its Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4E near Lompoc, with a backup opportunity on Thursday at 12:55 p.m. The mission will carry 51 ...
SpaceX launched a rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base around 8 p.m. Monday after inclement weather postponed its launch last week.
Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) is a launch and landing site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. It has two pads, both of which are used by SpaceX for Falcon 9, one for launch operations, and the other as Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) for SpaceX landings. The complex was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005.
In 1972, Vandenberg AFB was chosen as the western launch site for Air Force shuttle launches. Use of SLC-6 was approved in 1975, and re-construction of the former MOL launch facility occurred between January 1979 and July 1986 as SLC-6 was rebuilt to accommodate the space shuttle. [8] There were several reasons for using SLC-6: [7]
SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:40 p.m. on June 18, 2024. A view of the SpaceX rocket launch June 18, 2024, from Platino Lane in Arroyo Grande.
On April 24, 2023, the United States Space Force announced that it was leasing Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) to SpaceX for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches. SpaceX expects to begin Falcon 9 launches from SLC-6 in 2025 and Falcon Heavy launches in 2026. [35] Since then, SpaceX has started reconfiguring the launch pad. [36]