A coastal California city with a long Chumash history and ties to space and defense
Tech giants and startups envisage a future where data centers orbit Earth. Insurers question pricing and risk; space debris and regulatory hurdles loom as hundreds of billions of dollars in hardware move into space.
SpaceX is set to launch the secret USSF-366 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg AFB, California. The two-stage Falcon 9 will carry a classified payload into low Earth orbit, with a live stream planned about 10 minutes before liftoff. If scrubbed, another launch window is scheduled for the following day.