SpaceX expands launch capabilities with new West Coast site acquisition.
TL;DR
SpaceX has been approved to lease Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, a historic site previously occupied by United Launch Alliance. The enormous SLC-6 launch site went up for grabs after the final flight of ULA’s Delta 4 Heavy on Sept. 24. SpaceX is expanding operations at Vandenberg – it has leased SLC-4 since 2015 — following a period of extraordinary growth fueled by commercial launch demand and the deployment of its Starlink internet mega-constellation. SLC-6 would be SpaceX’s fifth launch site in the United States.
Topics:sciencespace#commercial-launch#launch-pad#national-security#space#spacex#vandenberg-space-force-base
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