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During 2011–2014, SpaceX considered as many as seven potential locations around the country for a new private launch facility for orbital flights, including Alaska, California, Florida, [38] Texas, Virginia, [39] Georgia, [40] and Puerto Rico. [41]
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.
Leased to SpaceX. Future: Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy. Retired: Athena I, Athena II, Delta IV, Delta IV Heavy. Cancelled: Titan IIIM MOL, Space Shuttle. STS-62-A (cancelled) Space Launch Complex 9: Planned Leased to Blue Origin [4] Future: New Glenn
In October 2018, SpaceX landed a Falcon 9 booster on a Vandenberg ground pad for the first time. [26] In April 2023, SpaceX leased SLC-6 to begin converting it for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches after the last Delta IV launch there. [27] SpaceX expects to begin Falcon 9 launches from SLC-6 in 2025 and Falcon Heavy launches in 2026. [28]
The move would be a blow to Southern California, where SpaceX has helped to anchor a burgeoning space economy. ... The sprawling Hawthorne campus is the location of the company’s mission control ...
In July, Musk said he was moving the headquarters of two of his companies - social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX - to Texas from California, citing a new gender identity law there as ...
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California: 1958– 500+ Interplanetary Satellites, ballistic missile tests. Government and commercial launches. [64] Also launches SpaceX rockets. United States: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says he's moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California. Musk posted on X Tuesday that he plans on moving ...