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A Second Launch Site for the Shuttle? An Analysis of Needs for the Nation's Space Program

PSAD-78-57 Published: Aug 04, 1978. Publicly Released: Aug 04, 1978.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is constructing space shuttle facilities at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the primary launch, landing, and orbiter refurbishment site which is scheduled to become operational in mid-1980. A second site, Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), will be funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) and is expected to become operational in June 1983 at a cost of about $1 billion.

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