SpaceX, Launch Complex 40 and National Reconnaissance Office
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-105 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for a 35-minute launch window beginning at 8:18 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. A backup launch window has been designated for the following day beginning at 8:04 p.m.
Live updates from SpaceX’s Wednesday afternoon Starlink 6-98 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than two days since the last launch setting a record for its Cape Canaveral launch pad.
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Space Force looks to expand West Coast heavy launch capabilities
If developed, Space Launch Complex-14 would become the first dedicated super-heavy launch complex on the West Coast.
SpaceX won $739M in U.S. Space Force NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders to launch SDA and NRO missions from FY2026 to FY2028.
As Vandenberg Space Force Base pursues more launch capacity, they have issued a proposal — or, what they call a