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    Space Launch Complex 3 Groundbreaking Ceremony for VADER Project [Image 2 of 2]

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    Space Launch Complex 3 Groundbreaking Ceremony for VADER Project

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    03.04.2025

    Photo by Senior Airman Kadielle Shaw 

    Space Launch Delta 30   

    Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, middle, alongside Vandenberg SFB leadership and project managers, dig up soil during a groundbreaking ceremony at Space Launch Complex 3 to mark the beginning of the Vandenberg Atmospheric Detection of an Electrified Range project at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., March 4, 2025. The project will undergo the release of 14 electric field mills across base to enhance lightning detection for safer, more efficient launch operations by improving Lightning Launch Commit Criteria assessments. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Kadielle Shaw)

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    Date Taken: 03.04.2025
    Date Posted: 03.04.2025 16:40
    Photo ID: 8898026
    VIRIN: 250304-X-XI961-1031
    Resolution: 5634x4024
    Size: 15.05 MB
    Location: VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, US

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