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  • Starlink 11-25 Launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base

    A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 11-25 mission launches from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Sace Force Base, Calif., Dec. 5, 2025. This launch marked the 66th launch and test mission from Vandenberg SFB in 2025. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Olya Houtsma)

  • Sentinel-6B Patching Ceremony

    Vandenberg celebrated the NASA Sentinel-6B launch with a patching ceremony, Nov. 17, 2025. Patching ceremony's commemorates Vandenberg's launches and highlights the launch team that enables the mission.

  • Vandenberg Conducts Pinniped Survey

    Vandenberg’s 30th Civil Engineer Squadron biologists conducted a regular marine mammal survey at several points on south base Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 15, 2025. The surveys are an effort to study mammals, such as sea lions and harbor seals, behaviors, life cycle, and mating

  • NROL-48 Launches From Vandenberg

    The NROL-48 mission launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East Sept. 22, 2025, expanded the National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated constellation, boosting resilience and speed in delivering critical space-based capabilities.

  • Vandenberg Space Force Base Holds a 9/11 Memorial Ruck Event

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. — Twenty-four years ago today, the United States faced a defining moment in its history as the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks claimed the lives of 2,977 Americans and forever altered the nation’s course. The tragedy sparked the global war on terrorism,