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Vandenberg Space Force Base is headquarters to Space Launch Delta 30. SLD 30 manages Department of Defense space and missile testing, placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast using expendable boosters (Falcon, Pegasus, Minotaur, and Atlas V), and supporting the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force Development Evaluation program.

SLD 30 - Staff Agencies

Tenant Units at Vandenberg SFB

U.S. Space Forces - Space (S4S)


Space Delta 1


Space Delta 5


9th Space Operations Squadron


17th Test Squadron


18th Space Defense Squadron


18th Intelligence Squadron


21st Space Operations Squadron


22d Space Operations Squadron - Detachment 1


30th Reconnaissance Squadron - Detachment 1


55th Combat Training Squadron


65th Cyberspace Squadron


100th Missile Defense Brigade


148th Space Operations Squadron


216th Space Control Squadron


377th Test and Evaluation Group


520th Software Maintenance Squadron


532d Training Squadron


533d Training Squadron


576th Flight Test Squadron


583d Missile Maintenance Squadron


614th Air Operations Element


614th Combat Training Squadron


Detachment 1, 1st Test and Evaluation Squadron


Detachment 1, 344th Training Squadron


Detachment 4, 17th Test Squadron

 

Video by Tech. Sgt. Kurt Villavicencio
SpaceX Falcon 9 Iridium-4 Launch
Space Launch Delta 30
Dec. 22, 2017 | 0:59
Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of the fourth Iridium mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 here Friday, Dec. 22, at 5:27 p.m. PST.

Col. Michael S. Hough, 30th Space Wing commander, was the space launch
commander.

"What a way to end the year with the fifth Falcon 9 launch carrying the
fourth set of Iridium satellites. This mission proves that Team V provides
assured access to space and we do it safely and securely," said Hough. "It
goes without saying that we can't accomplish this without great mission
partners like SpaceX."
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