Introducing: Vandenberg Space Force Base and Space Launch Delta 30 May 14 The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/Space Force) Vandenberg Air Force Base will become Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday afternoon the third installation to adopt the new service’s moniker so far. “For 63 years, this has been an Air Force base,” 30th Space Wing boss Col. Anthony Mastalir told Air Force Times Wednesday. “The moment is not lost on the people here that, when we plant the Space Force flag, so to speak, and we change that name, we’re going to begin a new chapter.”
US spy satellite launches into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base The Associated Press 4 hours ago A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload launched at 1:47 p.m. PDT April 26, 2021, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (30th Space Wing) VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A U.S. spy satellite was launched into space from California on Monday. The NROL-82 satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at 1:47 p.m.
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January 20, 2019 The launch was webcast until the second stage ignited and the protective cover over the satellite was jettisoned.
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