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Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6, pronounced "Slick Six") is a launch pad and associated support infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Construction at the site began in 1966, but the first launch didn't occur until 1995 due to program cancellations and subsequent repurposing efforts.
STS-62-A was a planned NASA Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit.It was expected to use Discovery.It would have been the first crewed launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and the first crewed mission to go into polar orbit.
Had a TAL situation arisen during a launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Hao and Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean would have been the TAL sites, as would Andersen AFB, Guam with one of the longest concrete runways in the world. [19] [20] RAF Fairford was the only transoceanic abort landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle in the UK. As well as ...
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A SpaceX rocket will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday morning, carrying 46 of the aerospace company’s Starlink satellites into orbit.
See photos, video of the launch. Kaytlyn Leslie. ... SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 8:40 p.m. on June 18, 2024. ase. ... A view of the SpaceX rocket launch June 18, 2024, from ...
Space Launch Complex 6: Undergoing renovation Leased to SpaceX. Future: Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy. Retired: Athena I, Athena II, Delta IV, Delta IV Heavy. Cancelled: Titan IIIC, Titan IIIM MOL, Space Shuttle, Titan IV, OmegA. STS-62-A (cancelled) Space Launch Complex 9
A SpaceX rocket carrying 53 satellites took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base about 6:15 p.m.