United Launch Alliance photo A draft environmental impact report reveals plans to demolish several space-shuttle era structures as SpaceX gets set to add a second launch facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Details of the plans were included in the draft environmental document released last month and as SpaceX continues its fast pace at its only West Coast launch facility. That current Falcon 9 facility, Space Launch Complex-4, saw another launch occur at 7:20 a.m. Sunday to deliver 26 Starlink satellites into orbit. The first-stage booster landed on the droneship in the Pacific Ocean after completing its seventh flight and return. Sunday’s launch marked the 23rd Falcon flight from Vandenberg in 2025, with number 24 possibly occurring the same week as public hearings related to the expansion plans. As SpaceX looks to add a second launch site, an environmental document revealed details about the firm’s plans to transform the storied Space Launch Complex-6, which sits tucked into a valley on South Base and isn’t visible from the Lompoc Valley. Work to ready SLC-6 for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket would span 18 months and start as soon as later this year, according to the report. Four existing structures — mobile service tower, mobile assembly shelter, fixed umbilical tower, and lift and pit crown — would be demolished. The behemoth structures stand as hallmarks of SLC-6 and its storied history as the site for the Air Force’s West Coast space shuttle program. Following the Challenger explosion in 1986, the axe fell on the West Coast program before any shuttle launches occurred from Vandenberg. The mobile service tower, once a common part of launch facilities, allows crews to complete work on the rocket but is rolled away from the vehicle ahead of launch. It’s typically been the distinctive feature designating the launch site. SpaceX plans to remove four structures when taking over Space Launch Complex-6 on South Base for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, according to a draft environmental impact report. Credit: