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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2001, file photo, is a western snowy plover at a beach nesting area in San Luis Obispo County on California's Central Coast. Annual restrictions to protect western snowy plover nests went into effect Monday, March 1, 2021, on three beaches at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The restrictions will be in effect on Surf, Wall and Minuteman beaches through Sept. 30, the central coast base said in a statement. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Western snowy plover restrictions take effect at Vandenberg

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The Latest: 10 new Iridium satellites delivered to orbit

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NASA's Mars bound InSight lander undergoes its final check outs and processing before encapsulation and mating to a ULA Atlas V rocket. The 6 month mission to Mars is the first inter-plantary launch from the west coast and the first Mars bound mission from California. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is leading the mission to Mars to collect, analyze and discover the red plants beginnings and to study its interior. (Matt Hartman for AP)

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

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Test missile launched from Southern California coast

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In this image taken with a slow shutter speed and provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base, an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2107. The U.S. Air Force has successfully launched the unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile, the fourth such test this year. (Senior Airman Ian Dudley/Vandenberg Air Force Base via AP)

US test-launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile

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The Latest: Test missile launched from California coast

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US prepares to test launch unarmed ICBM from California

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The Latest: SpaceX launches satellites from California base

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Elephant seal rookery found at Vandenberg, 1st in 30 years

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Space-X's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launches with 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc., at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. About nine minutes later, the first stage returned to Earth and landed successfully on a barge in the Pacific Ocean south of Vandenberg. The return to flight is an important step for SpaceX, a California-based company that has about 70 launches in line, worth more than $10 billion. (Matt Hartman via AP)

The Latest: SpaceX launch places satellites in orbit

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This undated artist rendering provided by NASA shows the Jason-3 satellite. The latest in a series of U.S.-European satellites designed to detect ocean events like El Nino is scheduled for launch Sunday, Jan. 17, from California. If successful, the Jason 3 satellite will continue more than two decades of sea level measurements. (NASA via AP)

Support leg breaks as SpaceX rocket lands on ocean barge

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A great white shark. (AP Photo/NOAA, Greg Skomal) ** FILE **

Shark attack closes beaches at California air base

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A Delta 4-Heavy rocket, carrying a spy satellite for the U.S. government, is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. The rocket carried a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, which oversees the nation's constellation of intelligence-gathering satellites. (AP Photo/The Santa Maria Times, Daniel Dreifuss)

Rocket carrying spy satellite launches from Calif.

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Air Force spaceplane aims for June landing in CA

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Rocket with secret payload launches from Calif.

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Rocket carrying secret payload launches from Calif

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No landing date yet for Air Force’s mystery craft

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SpaceX to break ground on California launch pad

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Ocean science satellite set to launch after delay

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The Taurus XL rocket that blasted off carrying NASA's Glory satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Friday March 4, 2011, failed to reach orbit. NASA says in a statement that a protective shell atop the rocket did not separate from the satellite as it should have about three minutes after the launch. (AP Photo/Bryan Walton - Santa Maria Times)

NASA: Rocket probably in ocean after failed launch

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