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As SpaceX prepares for its next Starship launch in Texas, the rocket company is also planning for another Starlink mission in California.
On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched what was then the sharpest-eyed satellite of all time. WorldView-3 ...
One thing that has never been done in Canada is launching rockets into orbit from home soil. That could soon change. And ...
The Vandenberg Space Force Base is a rocket launch site in Santa Barbara County in Southern California. Established in 1941, the site was previously known as the Vandenberg Air Force Base.
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Ten more satellites for Iridium Communications have been successfully launched into orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base ...
Jerry Ahrens Feb. 11, 1932 – Aug. 10, 2025 U.S. Veteran – Jerry (Gerald) Ahrens (93) passed away peacefully on August 10, ...
The satellites are undergoing processing at the SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of liftoff aboard a Falcon 9 rocket that includes a first stage originally used to send the ...
See more items in National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Space History / Series O: Space History / Vandenberg ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 8, 2016 ” Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has delivered the first two Iridium (Nasdaq: IRDM) NEXT satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base in preparation for the scheduled ...