The planned April 25th and April 26th launches of 46 of its Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base have been postponed until today [April 27th]. SpaceX also announced its would be expanding its activity at Vandenberg.

SpaceX is leasing Complex-6 at Vandenberg which will become SpaceX’s second launch site at the facility. SpaceX is picking up the site which was vacated last year by the joint Boeing-Lockheed Martin United Launch Alliance.

Under the lease, SpaceX will launch its workhorse Falcon rockets from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, a military launch site north of Los Angeles where the space company operates another launchpad. It has two other pads in Florida and its private Starbase site in south Texas.

A Space Force statement said a letter of support for the decision was signed by Space Launch Delta 30 commander Col. Rob Long. The statement did not mention a duration of SpaceX’s lease.

The site is extremely useful for any rocket/satellite business in that it permits rockets to be launched safely in a southern trajectory over the Pacific Ocean.

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