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Space Force wants a third heavy-lift launch site by 2030, but has not chosen a location

·Ars Technica
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Space Force wants a third heavy-lift launch site by 2030, but has not chosen a location

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EDITOR BRIEF

The Space Force aims to open a third heavy- and super-heavy-lift launch site within four years to ease pressure on launch bases in Florida and California. Officials have yet to decide where it should be or how to acquire the land; the need was identified in a congressionally mandated infrastructure study.

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For launch planners, a third site could add capacity beyond the long-used Florida and California bases, but the 2030 goal depends on resolving the location and land-acquisition questions. The article does not identify candidate locations or explain what could delay the effort.

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