Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 is a launch pad and associated support infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Construction at the site began in 1966, but the first launch did n
Delta IV Heavy lifts off from SLC-6 in August 2013
Space Shuttle Discovery atop Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905, flies over SLC-6 in November 1984, before being used to test infrastructure at the base
Space Shuttle Enterprise at SLC-6 in February 1985
Athena 1 sits atop a "milkstool" platform at SLC-6, August 1997.
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
…Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6, pronounced "Slick Six") is a launch pad and associated support infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Construction at the site began in 1966, but the first launch did not occur until 1995 due to program cancellations and subsequent…
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E in 2025.
Vandenberg Space Force Base main gate
PGM-17 Thor IRBM
Atlas missiles on alert, 1960