July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
...) objects could remain in space for hundreds of years or more. The Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, actively tracks all objects of ‘softball size’ (10cm) or larger in orbit, using the US Space...
19 February 2018
Space Launch Complex 10: Vandenberg’s Cold War National Landmark
... space and missile officer and self-confessed ‘amateur space historian’. His experiences as a young lieutenant at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California prompted him to learn more about what was done at Space Launch Complex 10 and who ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
..., NASA, the Congress and the White House. It even had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base. Not long afterwards, President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) marked the formal weaponization of military...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... the rocket booster on the drone ship has apparently failed. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:42 p.m. GMT. The vehicle’s upper stage placed the Jason-3 spacecraft into a parking orbit nine minutes...
04 December 2018
SpaceX sets two new highs in its latest launch
...19th launch for 2018, eventually took to the skies yesterday from the Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, following a flawless launch. After delivering a rocket-load of satellites, SpaceX’s Falcon 9’s first stage...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
...rolled back to reveal the ULA Atlas-V rocket that launched NASA’s InSight spacecraft on 4 May 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Core action Once a wave is kicked into action by some momentary movement, its speed (as it passes through...
