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Good news, space enthusiasts: rocket launches are about to resume at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California following a short break.
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SpaceX is planning to launch another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California on Tuesday evening.
The slate of upcoming rocket launches would be the first in about two weeks following routine maintenance at the launch complex where SpaceX missions get off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin announced its next launch of the New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral will be for a pair of Mars-bound satellites for NASA.
While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency of conventional rockets. With rockets, most of the weight is in the propellant, not the payload, and a huge portion of it is burned simply battling Earth’s gravity and atmosphere.