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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday (Nov. 14).

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US military test-launches unarmed nuclear missile on election night (video)

The United States military test-launched an unarmed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 5, 2024.

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SpaceX's First Amendment Claim Against California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission recently decided to block SpaceX's increase in annual launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base from 36… The post SpaceX's First Amendment Claim Against California Coastal Commission appeared first on Reason.com.

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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea (video)

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 20), sending the spacecraft aloft from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, lands rocket (video)

SpaceX's latest Starlink satellite launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 12, adding to a constellation of more than 6,300 operational satellites.

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US military test launches 2 unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2 days

The United States Air Force and U.S. Space Force conducted two routine test launches of unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles this week from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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SpaceX's evening Starlink launch wows West Coast skywatchers (photos)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the night sky March 18, when the expanding plume from the rocket's high-altitude ascent could be seen like a cosmic 'jellyfish' for hundreds of miles.

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SpaceX launches 53 satellites on Transporter-10 rideshare flight, nails rocket landing (video)

SpaceX launched 53 satellites aboard the Transporter-10 rideshare mission on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and landed its 205th consecutive rocket.

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See SpaceX launch picture-perfect nighttime Starlink mission (photos)

SpaceX launched 15 Starlink satellites into orbit overnight, steadily adding to the company's broadband megaconstellation. A few hours after liftoff, they posted these gorgeous launch photos.

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Loud launches: Researchers study how rocket noise affects endangered wildlife

A new study will monitor the short- and long-term impacts of rocket launches on endangered wildlife near California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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US Test Launches Unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile has been launched from California to test the defense system, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said. The Minuteman III missile lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and its reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) over the…

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Why NASA’s new mission will study Earth’s water from space

LOS ANGELES — Before the sun rises on Thursday, a rocket carrying the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite will blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Santa Barbara.

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Anti-satellite weapons: the US has sworn off tests, and Australia should follow suit

When United States Vice-President Kamala Harris was at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California earlier this week she said the US would not conduct tests of destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite missiles.

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Vice President Kamala Harris says the US will halt tests of anti-satellite missiles

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off a weeklong trip home to California on Monday with a stop at Vandenberg Space Force Base, where she said the U.S. would halt testing of satellite-killing missiles to reduce the threat posed by space debris.

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A Chumash tribe and conservationists fight offshore wind turbines

LOMPOC, Calif. — Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther out to sea, great white sharks cruise beneath churning whitecaps.

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