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The launch vehicle's Common Booster Core and associated flight hardware was transported from the Boeing factory in Decatur, Ala., to Vandenberg aboard the MV Delta Mariner cargo vessel that docked just south of SLC-6 at the same location originally constructed for receiving and offloading space shuttle external tanks.
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.
[30] [31] The runway was lengthened to support shuttle landings. [32] The first landing at Vandenberg was planned for mission STS-62-A, which was scheduled for launch in July 1986, but cancelled in the wake of the STS-51-L accident. [33] No space shuttle operations or landings ever occurred at the site. [34]
A SpaceX rocket will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday morning, carrying 46 of the aerospace company’s Starlink satellites into orbit. ... How to watch Vandenberg rocket 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. ... How to watch Vandenberg rocket launch.
1985 photo of Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) moving toward the shuttle assembly building at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex-6 aboard its specially designed Cometto 76-wheel transporter. In the background are the payload changeout room and the payload preparation room.
The mission carried satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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 IIIM MOL, Space Shuttle. STS-62-A (cancelled) Space Launch Complex 9: Planned Leased to Blue Origin [4]