SpaceX Breaks Ground on West Coast Launch Pad

摘要

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) broke ground July 13 on a new launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., from which it plans to launch the standard and heavy-lift variants of its Falcon 9 rocket. Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX currently launches its liquid-fueled Falcon 9 rocket from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.