SpaceX successfully launched two next-generation Earth observation satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:36 am PT. These two satellites, built by Maxar Technologies, are the first of six currently planned to replace older observation satellites...
During a SpaceX livestream, ice could be seen accumulating on the Falcon 9’s engine following its launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base en route to releasing 20 Starlink satellites. According to SpaceX, this buildup of ice caused a liquid oxygen leak. Then part of the engin...
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A pair of next-generation GRACE satellites, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites, is now at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the U.S. state of California, to begin final preparations for launch next spring, NASA has said. "W...
SpaceX has delayed the launch of its next Falcon 9 rocket to no earlier than Wednesday (Feb. 21) to allow final checks of the rocket's upgraded nose cone.
NASA is about to launch a spacecraft that will investigate Mars' deepest, darkest secrets. The agency's InSight lander is scheduled to lift off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket early Saturday (May 5) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If all goes according to plan,...
The satellites were delivered into low-Earth orbit an hour after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:54:39 a.m. PST on Jan. 14. The launch is the start of a series of Iridium NEXT launches scheduled over the next 18 months, and mark...
We traveled to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to watch the launch of NASA’s InSight lander to Mars. The rocket took off at 4:05AM PT on a very foggy morning, making the mission a bit hard to see.
The spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 15, during a window that opens at 5:46 a.m. local time (8:46 a.m. EDT, 1246 GMT) and closes at 8:20 a.m. local time (11:20 a.m. EDT, 1520 GMT). ICESat-2's launch will...
The article informs that the launch of the Delta II rocket is scheduled for December 11, 2009 from the Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California. As stated, the rocket will...
The LDCM spacecraft, built by Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz., will launch from Vandenberg's Space Complex 3 aboard an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center is responsible for launch management. ...