Space @ Vandenberg SFB
Building a Thriving Space Enterprise on the Central Coast
Building a Thriving Space Enterprise on the Central Coast
A new Space Age fueled by commercial enterprise is taking off and Vandenberg is a prime launchpad.
With capacity to welcome new commercial partners and support the growing mission of Space Force and other government partners, Vandenberg is ideally positioned as the West Coast hub for both commercial and military space operations.
Regional collaboration to drive spaceport development and attract public and private investment is boosting Vandenberg in reaching its potential as a thriving, competitive frontier in the 21st-century space race.
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record launch turnaround
payloads delivered into orbit in 2021
Lompoc, Santa Maria, UC Santa Barbara, Allan Hancock and Cuesta have officially signed on to the landmark agreement to support the growing Central Coast space industry at and around Vandenberg Space Force Base. The two cities and three higher education institutions join Space Launch Delta 30, the Govenor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), the County of Santa Barbara, REACH, Cal Poly and Deloitte who initially forged the agreement in 2020.
A new master plan — a collaboration between REACH, the State of California, Santa Barbara County, Space Launch Delta 30, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Deloitte — paves the path to enhancing the capabilities, infrastructure and workforce to support a thriving space ecosystem, including:
Long home to the training and education of the nation’s space professionals, Vandenberg was selected as one of six candidates for the U.S. Space Force Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) headquarters.
A regional coalition comprising local and state government, higher education and business organizations has been actively advocating for Vandenberg’s selection alongside the region’s federal delegation, detailing the base’s advantages and support for growing its mission.
Vandenberg powers 16,000 jobs and an annual economic impact of $4.5 billion in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties — a number that is projected to grow to more than $6 billion by 2030 as the base’s military and commercial mission expands.
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launch facilities and complexes
largest airfield runway in the DoD, at 15,000 feet