▁land ings ▁from ▁space ▁to ▁a ▁ ▁run way ▁located ▁at ▁V anden berg ▁Air ▁Force ▁Base ▁in ▁California ▁which ▁was ▁originally ▁designed ▁for ▁Space ▁Sh utt le ▁return ▁from ▁orbit ▁operations . ▁ ▁Oper ations , ▁infrastr ucture ▁and ▁facilities ▁▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁launch ▁complex es ▁built ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁several ▁have ▁been ▁le ased ▁and ▁modified ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁private ▁a eros pace ▁companies . ▁La unch ▁Complex ▁S LC - 1 7 ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁D elta ▁II ▁He avy ▁variant , ▁through ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁La unch ▁Comple xes ▁S LC - 3 7 ▁and ▁S LC - 4 1 ▁were ▁modified ▁to ▁launch ▁E EL V ▁D elta ▁IV ▁and ▁Atlas ▁V ▁launch ▁vehicles , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁These ▁launch ▁vehicles ▁replaced ▁all ▁earlier ▁D elta , ▁Atlas , ▁and ▁T itan ▁rock ets . ▁La unch ▁Complex ▁S LC - 4 7 ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁launch ▁weather ▁sound ing ▁rock ets . ▁La unch ▁Complex ▁S LC - 4 6 ▁is ▁reserved ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁Space ▁Florida . ▁ ▁S LC - 4 0 ▁hosted ▁the ▁first ▁launch ▁of ▁the ▁Space X ▁Fal con ▁ 9 ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁Fal con ▁ 9 ▁launch es ▁continued ▁from ▁this ▁complex ▁through ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁consisting ▁of ▁un mann ed ▁Com mer cial ▁Res upp ly ▁Services ▁miss ions ▁for ▁NASA ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Space ▁Station ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁commercial ▁satellite ▁fl ights