Vandenberg Space Force Base
1958 to present
Site Details
- Country: United States
- Operator: US Space Force
- Type: Government
Overview
The West Coast polar launch base, first to orbit a satellite over the poles with Discoverer 1 in 1959. Rockets fly south over the open Pacific from pads first dug for ICBMs. Falcon 9 and new commercial boosters now loft reconnaissance and Earth science spacecraft.
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