Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Payload User's Guide - SpaceX
Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Payload User's Guide - SpaceX
Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Payload User's Guide - SpaceX
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<strong>Falcon</strong> 9 User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />
3.3. Space <strong>Launch</strong> Complex ‐ 4 East, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California<br />
<strong>SpaceX</strong> plans to establish a launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in central<br />
California to meet customer needs for polar and sun‐synchronous capability. <strong>SpaceX</strong>’s<br />
headquarters, manufacturing and production facility is located in the Los Angeles area, within<br />
driving distance or a short flight to VAFB. <strong>SpaceX</strong> has previously worked with the Range at<br />
VAFB on <strong>Falcon</strong> 1 facilities, including conducting a static fire at SLC‐3 West in 2005. The<br />
candidate launch site, pending discussions with the U.S. Air Force, would be at Space <strong>Launch</strong><br />
Complex 4 East (SLC‐4E). The design of the <strong>Falcon</strong> 9 launch site at VAFB will mirror the facilities<br />
and operations implemented at the Cape Canaveral launch site.<br />
Figure 3‐5 ‐ SLC‐4 East, VAFB<br />
SCM 2008‐010 Rev. 1 Copyright ‐‐ <strong>SpaceX</strong> 2009 15
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