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LAUNCH at 2306 UTC Oct 15 of a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base with 21 Lockheed Martin/Terran Orbital communication sats for the US DoD Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer system
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM Everybody can reply
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The California Coastal Commission has already rejected SpaceX’s proposal to double the number of launches at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, citing concerns about noise disruptions to people, wildlife, and property.
SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
There’s no big rush to bring SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM Everybody can reply
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SpaceX has launched the Tranche 1 Transport Layer C mission at 4:06pm PDT (23:06 UTC) aboard Falcon 9 booster B1093-7 from Space Launch Complex 4E at the Vandenberg SFB in California, sending 21 satellites south into a polar orbit.

[Video Credit 🎥: SpaceX]
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM Everybody can reply
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SpaceX wins approval for increased Falcon launches from Vandenberg

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s proposal to double its launch rate at Vandenberg Space Force Base and begin using a second launch pad there.
SpaceX wins approval for increased Falcon launches from Vandenberg
The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s proposal to double its launch rate at Vandenberg Space Force Base and begin using a second launch pad there.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM Everybody can reply
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Heute vor 24 Jahren, am 18. Oktober 2001, wurde der kommerziell genutzte Erdbeobachtungssatellit QuickBird 2 von der Vandenberg Air Force Base aus in den Orbit gestartet. Er diente zur Erstellung hochauflösender Karten der Erdoberfläche. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickBird
QuickBird – Wikipedia
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October 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM Everybody can reply
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Three launches on the books for Vandenberg. Apparently no launches stopped by the shutdown, likely because someone classified them as "national security required" even though they're just Starlink future space trash. #vandenberg #santabarbara #sonicboom #nazirockets
October 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM Everybody can reply
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SpaceX slightly adjusted the T-0 liftoff for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 is now targeted for 4:06 p.m. PDT (7:06 p.m. EDT / 2306 UTC). Watch live coverage: youtube.com/live/2aGrm_5...
Watch live: SpaceX launches SDA Tranche 1 satellites from California on Falcon 9 rocket
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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October 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM Everybody can reply
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When I lived at Vandenberg I would look at the report in the Sunday Santa Barbara paper. I never realized how many small ones are constantly happening.
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM Everybody can reply
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🚀 FAA Space Launch Plans - 17/1000 🚀

PLANNED LAUNCH/REENTRY:
SPACEX STARLINK 11-19, VANDENBERG SFB, CA
PRIMARY: 10/18/25 2346Z-0610Z
BACKUP: 10/19/25 1724Z-2348Z

SPACEX STARLINK 10-17, CAPE CANAVERAL SFS, FL
PRIMARY: 10/1... More info in image.
FAA Details.
October 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM Everybody can reply
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Hard to believe any of these guys have girlfriends still around.

Founding members of Antifa:

Gens. Simpson, Patton, Spaatz, Eisenhower,Bradley, Hodges, and Gerow;
Gens. Stearley, Vandenberg, Smith, Weyland, and Nugent.
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 AM Everybody can reply
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LAUNCH at 0354 UTC Oct 8 of Starlink Group 11-17 from Vandenberg
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM Everybody can reply
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"Lompoc" occasionally comes up in prison plotlines or mentions of Vandenberg AFB on TV, and if they don't check with somebody local they all, reasonably, say "lahm-pock". It's "lahm-POKE".
October 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM Everybody can reply
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The Republican shutdown is starting to hit right here at home on the Central Coast.

Thousands of civilian workers at Naval Base Ventura County and Vandenberg Space Force Base are being forced into furloughs or working without pay—while their families and our national security hang in the balance.
Federal shutdown set to hit thousands at Naval Base Ventura County
"Mission-critical" activities would continue during a federal shutdown. Some civilian workers would be furloughed.
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October 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM Everybody can reply
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Today we published a new blog article, looking at Abbie Sweetwine. Florida-born Sweetwine was one of the USAF team who responded to the Harrow and Wealdstone crash in London. She saved lives that day, and helped change emergency response practise in the UK.

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October 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM Everybody can reply
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LAUNCH at 1406 UTC Oct 3 of Starlink Group 11-39 from Vandenberg
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM Everybody can reply
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SpaceX has launched the Starlink 11-39 mission at 7:06am PDT (13:06 UTC) aboard Falcon 9 booster B1097-2 from Space Launch Complex 4E at the Vandenberg SFB in California, sending 28 Starlink v2-mini satellites southeast into a 53-degree inclination to low-Earth orbit.

[Video Credit 🎥: SpaceX]
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM Everybody can reply
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SpaceX is fueling its Falcon 9 rocket at pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff of the Starlink 11-39 mission is set for 7:06 a.m. PDT (10:06 a.m. EDT / 1406 UTC), just after sunrise. Watch live: youtube.com/live/6fMD8RH...
Watch Live: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on West Coast Falcon 9 rocket
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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October 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM Everybody can reply
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Cold-weather vegetables are witnesses to hard times, slower seasons, generations of survival through the winter. Katrina Vandenberg writes in praise of the lessons offered by their complexity.
On Cold-Weather Vegetables
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM Everybody can reply
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#OTD: 1 October 1969, ESRO-1B was launched on a Scout rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (the fourth #ESRO satellite to be successfully launched). ESRO-1A and -1B were designed to study how the auroral zones responded to geomagnetic and solar activity.

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October 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM Everybody can reply
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🚀 FAA Space Launch Plans - 02/2000 🚀

PLANNED LAUNCH/REENTRY:
SPACEX STARLINK 11-39, VANDENBERG SFB, CA
PRIMARY: 10/03/25 1300Z-1924Z
BACKUP: 10/04/25 1702Z-2326Z

SPACEX STARLINK 10-59, CAPE CANAVERAL SFS, FL
PRIMARY: 10/0... More info in image.
FAA Details.
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM Everybody can reply
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LAUNCH at 0204 UTC Sep 29 of Starlink Group 11-20 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM Everybody can reply
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A twilight rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base was easily visible from northern Arizona this evening.

Long after the rocket had reached orbit the rocket exhaust cloud continued to shine in the late twilight.

#astrophotography #landscape 📷 #rocket
September 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM Everybody can reply
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A beautiful launch from Vandenberg at twilight. As the sunlit expanding plume headed Southward it passed near the crescent Moon from my perspective. Such sights make me wonder about what incredible comets there might have been that looked like this, seen and unseen, over the ages in Earth's skies.
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM Everybody can reply
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Acknowledging all of the issues of SpaceX while looking at how beautiful launches out of Vandenberg look from here at sundown
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM Everybody can reply
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