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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg as constellation nears 7,000 active birds

A Falcon 9 rocket climbed away from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s central coast in late May 2026, carrying 24 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit and nudging the constellation’s active fleet toward roughly 7,
Defense One

With launches slated to grow a hundredfold, Space Force seeks more sites, money, people, and AI

To facilitate the Pentagon’s fast-growing demand for orbital capability, the Space Force is looking for more launch sites, more money, more troops, and more AI.
The National Interest

Vandenberg Space Force Base Is Quietly Becoming America’s Space Fortress

Specifically, on December 29 of last year, Space Launch Delta 30 issued what’s known as a Request for Information (RFI), essentially asking the private space sector if there was any interest in building a new launch facility—Space Launch Complex-14 ...