Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
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 not occur until 1995 due to program cancellations and subsequent repurposing efforts.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Industry
- Description: rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States
- Also known as: “SLC6”, “Vandenberg AFB SLC-6”, “Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 6”, “Vandenberg SFB SLC-6”, “Vandenberg SLC-6”, “ヴァンデンバーグ空軍基地”, “ヴァンデンバーグ空軍基地SLC-6打上げ複合施設”, and “打上げ複合施設 6”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 8 and Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5.
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 8
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5
Space Launch Complex 5 is a decommissioned launch pad… Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5 is situated 2 miles north of Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6.Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
- Categories: launch pad and military installation
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.58166° or 34° 34′ 54″ north
Longitude
-120.62601° or 120° 37′ 34″ west
Operator
SpaceX
Open location code
846XH9JF+MH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=launch_complex
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مجمع الإطلاق الفضائي 6 في قاعدة فاندنبرغ الجوية”
- Catalan: “complex de llançament Vandenberg 6”
- Dutch: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6”
- Dutch: “Vandenberg Space Force Base Lanceercomplex 6”
- French: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6”
- German: “Space Launch Complex 6”
- German: “Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 6”
- Greek: “Συγκρότημα Διαστημικών Εκτοξεύσεων 6 της Αεροπορικής Βάσης Βάντενμπεργκ”
- Hebrew: “תחנת החלל ונדנברג כן שיגור 6”
- Japanese: “ヴァンデンバーグ空軍基地第6発射施設”
- Russian: “SLC-6”
- Spanish: “Space Launch Complex 6”
- Swedish: “Vandenberg SFB Space Launch Complex 6”
- Ukrainian: “Стартовий комплекс № 6 авіабази ВПС США Ванденберг”
- Ukrainian: “Стартовий комплекс №6 авіабази ВПС США Ванденберг”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Promontory and Destroyer Rock.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: SLC-6 and Payload Preparation Building.
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