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The facility was renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base on 4 October 1958 in honor of General Hoyt Vandenberg, the Air Force's second Chief of Staff. [ 3 ] The final acquisition of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of land for the base occurred in 1966 to accommodate the construction of Space Launch Complex 6 for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
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.
The lower course through Vandenberg SFB has a perennial flow, in part because of irrigation tailwater, but primarily because of a geologic rift at Barka Slough which causes an upwelling. The principal crops grown within its watershed are vegetables in the flat fields, and winegrapes in the transitional upland slopes.
Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 21 (LF-21) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB, California, USA.It was a launch site for the land-based Minuteman missile series.
At the military base are several Space Launch Complexes (SLC) used for launching payloads into polar orbits, with some of them currently active and more slated for future reactivation. Additionally, there are dozens of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Facilities (LF) at Vandenberg used for testing the missiles over the Pacific.
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.
Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 04 (LC-04) is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch facility on Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. It is a launch site for the land-based LGM-30 Minuteman missile series.
Space Launch Complex 10 (SLC-10), or Missile Launch Complex 10, [1] is located on Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California.It was built in 1958 to test ballistic missiles and developed into a space launching facility in 1963. [2]