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e. Vandenberg Space Force Base ( IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG, FAA LID: VBG ), previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing.
Site Uses Space Launch Complex 1E/W (SLC-1E and SLC-1W) (SLC-1E June 1959 – September 1968). (SLC-1W January 1959 – December 1971) Both sites were built in 1958 for the never activated 75th Strategic Missile Squadron for Thor-Agena A launches. SLC-1E was 75-3-5, SLC-1W was 75-3-4. Both were upgraded to a Space Launch Complex (SLC) in 1966. Inactivated with phaseout of Thor-Agena. SLC-1E ...
SpaceX facilities. As of 2023, SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 E (SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site (Starbase). Space Launch Complex 40 was damaged in the AMOS-6 accident in ...
Titan IV. Falcon 9 Block 5 (current) 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 ...
Vulcan (future) Space Launch Complex 3 ( SLC-3) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base that consists of two separate launch pads. SLC-3E (East) was used by the Atlas V launch vehicle before it was decommissioned in August 2021 with the final launch taking place on November 10, 2022 at 09:49, while SLC-3W (West) has been demolished.
2nd Space Launch Squadron. The 2nd Space Launch Squadron is an active United States Space Force unit. It is located at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and was reactivated in July 2019 with the merger of the 4th Space Launch Squadron and the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron.
June 23, 1986 [1] Space Launch Complex 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] Prior to 1966 Space Launch Complex 10 West was known as Vandenberg AFB Pad 75-2-6. [3]
Space Launch Complex 2 ( SLC-2) is an active rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California, USA. It consists of two launch pads. The East pad ( SLC-2E, originally LC 75-1-1) was used for Delta, Thor-Agena and Thorad launches between 1966 and 1972 and has been demolished. [1] The West pad ( SLC-2W, originally LC 75-1-2) was ...