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  • SpaceX’s Starlink Group 2-4 Launches Successfully

    A SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket carrying Starlink mission 2-4 launches from Space Launch Complex-4E on Jan. 19, 2023, 7:43 a.m. PDT, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Since 1958, there have been 2,023 launches on base. This launch also makes it the 100th launch from SLC-4E since 1964. (U.S. Space Force

  • Col. Titus Speaks at the Military Order of World Wars Luncheon

    U.S. Space Force Col. Bryan Titus speaks with members of the Military Order of World Wars at the Elks Lodge in Goleta, Calif., January 18, 2022. As a guest speaker, Col. Titus spoke to the MOWW about his career in the Air Force and subsequent transfer into the Space Force. He also discussed

  • Mrs. Angie Dickinson's Visit to Vandenberg

    Angie Dickinson, spouse of U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, United States Space Command commander, is briefed by the 2nd Range Operations Space Force Officers at Vandenberg space Force Base, Calif., Jan. 5, 2023. The brief and tour of the Western Range Operations Control Center to display

  • Dickinson, Stalker lead USSPACECOM visit to Vandenberg

    U.S. Army Gen. James Dickinson, United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) commander, speaks to members of the 533rd Training Squadron at the Space Delta 1 auditorium on Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Jan. 5, 2023. The 533 TRS provides the technical training for space operators going into the

  • Armed Forces Luncheon at the American Legion

    Lt. Col. Joshua Killian, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, speaks to the Veterans, Airmen and Guardians in attendance at the Armed Forces luncheon Dec. 17, 2022 at Guadalupe, Calif. The city name honors Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is the Catholic title given to the Virgin Mary.

  • The Red Cross Memorandum of Understanding Signing

    Col. Brent Cunningham, 30th Medical Group commander, met with Tony Briggs, American Red Cross regional chief executive officer, to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, Dec. 16, 2022 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding will bridge the gap between

  • NASA SWOT PAYLOAD LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Team Vandenberg launched an international mission led by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9

  • CSpOC conducts mission analysis with coalition partners

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) conducted a mission analysis with representatives from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States from Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.

  • Atlas V Launches from SLC-3E

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - Team Vandenberg launched a UnitedLaunch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Space