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Vandenberg

American  
[van-duhn-burg] / ˈvæn dənˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. Arthur Hendrick, 1884–1951, U.S. statesman.

  2. Hoyt Sanford, 1899–1954, U.S. general: Chief of Staff of Air Force 1948–53.


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Musk moved the company’s headquarters from Hawthorne to Texas in 2024, but it retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

However, SpaceX retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off its Falcon 9 rocket regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Rocket launches by SpaceX and others at Vandenberg Space Force Base, located some 160 miles up the California coast, are also a popular attraction.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

SpaceX and the California Coastal Commission have settled a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s rocket company over the agency’s attempt to regulate its flights from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

As he observed, if Vandenberg truly harbored doubts about Oppenheimer, why would he have appointed him to the committee in the first place?

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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