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Environmental Groups Request Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX Launches at Vandenberg


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Until this year, SpaceX has averaged about 6 launches annually from Vandenberg Space Force Base. SpaceX negotiated an increase to 36 in 2024, but now they want to make it 50 this year and 100 next year. Environmental groups are saying: Not so fast! Let’s see an Environmental Impact Statement. KCSB's Ray Briare brings us the story: the newest branch of the United States’ military, the Space Force, has produced a draft environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for the proposed increase of SpaceX launches at Vandenberg. This did not sit well with environmentalists.
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