Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4
Space Launch Complex 4 | |
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Launch of the last Titan-4 rocket from SLC-4 |
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Coordinates | 34 ° 37 '59 " N , 120 ° 36' 55" W |
operator | United States Air Force |
Launch pads | 2 |
Missiles | Atlas , Titan , Falcon 9 |
First start | July 12, 1963 |
Last start | June 12, 2019 |
Total starts | 174 |
First landing | October 8, 2018 |
Last landing | June 12, 2019 |
Total landings | 2 |
status | active |
Space Launch Complex-4 (SLC-4, pronounced "Slick Four") is a launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California , USA .
The launch complex consists of the two launch platforms SLC-4E and SLC-4W. In contrast to the launch facilities on the east coast of the USA, such as Cape Canaveral AFS and Kennedy Space Center , the coastline running from east to west allows payloads to be launched into polar orbits .
SLC-4W / LZ-4
The western launch platform was used in the 1960s to launch KH-7 spy satellites with Atlas - Agena rockets into orbit. Towards the end of the 1960s this platform was converted to launch heavier spy satellites with titanium rockets.
After the remaining Titan-2 rockets were retired from military service at the end of the 1980s, the SLC-4W was used to launch these surplus rockets for the launch of military and scientific satellites and probes (including the Clementine lunar probe ). The last launch of a Titan-2 rocket, and thus also the last launch from SLC-4W, took place on October 18, 2003.
From September 2014 to September 2018, SpaceX converted the launch pad into a landing pad for Falcon 9 first stages. Since then it has been called Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4). The first landing took place on October 8, 2018.
SLC-4E
The eastern launch platform, like SLC-4W, was used in the 1960s to launch KH-7 spy satellites with Atlas Agena missiles into orbit. At the beginning of the 1970s, the platform, like the SLC-4W a few years earlier, was rebuilt to carry heavier spy satellites into space with titanium rockets. On October 19, 2005, the last rocket of the Titan series was launched by SLC-4E.
From July 2011, the launch site was rebuilt again in order to be able to launch the new Falcon Heavy launch vehicle from SpaceX . The first launch of a SpaceX rocket, a Falcon 9 v1.1 , from the SLC-4E took place on September 29, 2013.
Start list
As of December 31, 2019
date | Time ( UTC ) | Pad | Missile type | Serial or flight number |
Upper school | Mission / payload | Remarks |
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July 12, 1963 | 8:45 pm | 4W | Atlas D | 201D | Agena D S01A 4702 | KH 7-01 (Gambit) | Spy satellite |
September 6, 1963 | 7:30 p.m. | 4W | Atlas D | 212D | Agena D S01A 4701 | KH 7-02 | Spy satellite |
October 25, 1963 | 4W | Atlas D | 224D | Agena D S01A 4703 | KH 7-03 | Spy satellite | |
18th December 1963 | 21:45 | 4W | Atlas D | 227D | Agena D S01A 4802 | KH 7-04 | Spy satellite |
February 25, 1964 | 18:59 | 4W | Atlas D | 285D | Agena D S01A 4803 | KH 7-05 | Spy satellite |
March 11, 1964 | 20:14 | 4W | Atlas D | 296D | Agena D S01A 4804 | KH 7-06 | Spy satellite |
April 23, 1964 | 16:19 | 4W | Atlas D | 351D | Agena D S01A 4805 | KH 7-07 | Spy satellite |
May 19, 1964 | 19:21 | 4W | Atlas D | 350D | Agena D S01A 4806 | KH 7-08 | Spy satellite |
July 6, 1964 | 18:51 | 4W | Atlas D | 352D | Agena D S01A 4807 | KH 7-09, OPS 4923 | Spy satellite |
August 14, 1964 | 22:00 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7101 | Agena D S01A 4808 | KH 7-10, EHH A3 | Spy satellite |
September 23, 1964 | 20:06 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7102 | Agena D 7102 | KH 7-11 | Spy satellite |
October 8, 1964 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7103 | Agena D 7103 | KH-7 12 | Spy satellite | |
October 23, 1964 | 18:30 | 4W | Atlas D | 353D | Agena D | KH 7-13, OPS 5063 | Spy satellite |
4th December 1964 | 18:57 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7105 | Agena D 7105 | KH 7-14 | Spy satellite |
January 23, 1965 | 8:09 pm | 4W | Atlas SLV-3 | 7106 | Agena D 7106 | KH 7-15 | Spy satellite |
March 12, 1965 | 19:25 | 4W | Atlas SLV-3 | 7104 | Agena D 7104 | KH 7-16 | Spy satellite |
April 3, 1965 | 21:24 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7401 | Agena D 7401 | Snapshot | The only nuclear reactor that the USA has so far put into orbit |
April 28, 1965 | 20:17 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7107 | Agena D 7107 | KH 7-17, EHH B1 | Spy satellite |
May 27, 1965 | 7:30 p.m. | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7108 | Agena D 7108 | KH 7-18 | Spy satellite |
June 25, 1965 | 7:30 p.m. | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7109 | Agena D 7109 | KH 7-19, EHH B2 | Spy satellite |
July 12, 1965 | 19:00 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7112 | Agena D | KH-7-20 | Spy satellite |
August 3, 1965 | 19:12 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7111 | Agena D 7111 | KH 7-21, EHH B3 | Spy satellite |
September 30, 1965 | 19:20 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7110 | Agena D 7110 | KH 7-22 | Spy satellite |
November 8, 1965 | 19:26 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7113 | Agena D 7113 | KH 7-23 | Spy satellite |
January 19, 1966 | 20:10 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7114 | Agena D 7114 | KH 7-24 | Spy satellite |
February 15, 1966 | 20:30 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7115 | Agena D 7115 | KH 7-25 | Spy satellite |
March 18, 1966 | 20:30 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7116 | Agena D 7116 | KH 7-26 | Spy satellite |
April 19, 1966 | 19:12 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7117 | Agena D 7117 | KH 7-27 | Spy satellite |
May 14, 1966 | 18:30 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7118 | Agena D 7118 | KH 7-28, EHH B4 | Spy satellite |
3rd June 1966 | 19:25 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7119 | Agena D 7119 | KH 7-29, AAS 6 | Spy satellite |
July 12, 1966 | 17:57 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7120 | Agena D 7120 | KH 7-30 | Spy satellite |
July 29, 1966 | 18:43 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-1 | Agena D4751 | KH 8-01 (Gambit) | Spy satellite |
August 16, 1966 | 18:30 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7121 | Agena D 7121 | KH 7-31, SSF-B 5 | Spy satellite |
September 16, 1966 | 17:59 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7123 | Agena D 7123 | KH 7-32, EHH B5 | Spy satellite |
September 28, 1966 | 19:12 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-2 | KH 8-02 | Spy satellite | |
October 12, 1966 | 19:15 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7122 | Agena D 7122 | KH 7-33 | Spy satellite |
2nd November 1966 | 20:23 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7124 | Agena D 7124 | KH 7-34 | Spy satellite |
5th December 1966 | 21:09 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7125 | Agena D 7125 | KH 7-35 | Spy satellite |
December 14, 1966 | 18:14 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-3 | KH 8-03 | Spy satellite | |
2nd February 1967 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7126 | Agena D 7126 | KH 7-36 | Spy satellite | |
February 24, 1967 | 19:55 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-4 | KH 8-04 | Spy satellite | |
April 26, 1967 | 18:00 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-5 | KH 8-05 | Spy satellite | |
May 22, 1967 | 18:30 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7127 | Agena D 7127 | KH 7-37 | Spy satellite |
4th June 1967 | 18:10 | 4E | Atlas SLV-3 | 7128 | Agena D SS-01B 4837 | KH 7-38 | Spy satellite |
June 20, 1967 | 16:19 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-8 | KH 8-06 | Spy satellite | |
August 16, 1967 | 17:02 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-9 | KH 8-07 | Spy satellite | |
September 19, 1967 | 18:28 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-10 | KH 8-08 | Spy satellite | |
October 25, 1967 | 19:15 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-11 | KH 8-09 | Spy satellite | |
5th December 1967 | 18:45 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-12 | KH 8-10 | Spy satellite | |
18th January 1968 | 19:04 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-13 | KH 8-11 | Spy satellite | |
March 13, 1968 | 19:55 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-14 | KH 8-12 | Spy satellite | |
April 17, 1968 | 17:00 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-15 | KH 8-13 | Spy satellite | |
5th June 1968 | 17:31 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-16 | KH 8-14 | Spy satellite | |
August 6, 1968 | 16:33 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-17 | KH 8-15 | Spy satellite | |
September 10, 1968 | 18:30 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-18 | KH 8-16 | Spy satellite | |
November 6, 1968 | 19:10 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-19 | KH 8-17 | Spy satellite | |
4th December 1968 | 19:23 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-20 | KH 8-18 | Spy satellite | |
22nd January 1969 | 19:10 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-6 | KH 8-19 | Spy satellite | |
4th March 1969 | 7:30 p.m. | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-7 | KH 8-20 | Spy satellite | |
April 15, 1969 | 17:30 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-21 | KH 8-21 | Spy satellite | |
3rd June 1969 | 16:49 | 4W | Titan IIIB | 3B-22 | KH 8-22 | Spy satellite | |
23rd August 1969 | 16:00 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-1 | KH 8-23 | Spy satellite | |
October 24, 1969 | 18:10 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-2 | KH 8-24 | Spy satellite | |
January 14, 1970 | 18:43 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-3 | KH 8-25 | Spy satellite | |
April 15, 1970 | 15:52 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-4 | KH 8-26 | Spy satellite | |
June 25, 1970 | 14:50 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-5 | KH 8-27 | Spy satellite | |
18th August 1970 | 14:45 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-6 | KH 8-28 | Spy satellite | |
October 23, 1970 | 17:40 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-7 | KH 8-29 | Spy satellite | |
January 21, 1971 | 18:28 | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-8 | KH 8-30 | Spy satellite | |
March 21, 1971 | 03:45 | 4W | Titanium 33B | 33B-1 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 1 | |
April 22, 1971 | 3:30 p.m. | 4W | Titanium 23B | 23B-9 | KH 8-31 | Spy satellite | |
15th June 1971 | 18:41 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-1 | KH 9-01 (Big Bird) | Spy satellite | |
August 12, 1971 | 3:30 p.m. | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-1 | KH 8-32 | Spy satellite | |
October 23, 1971 | 17:16 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-2 | KH 8-33 | Spy satellite | |
20th January 1972 | 18:36 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-2 | KH 9-02 | Spy satellite | |
February 16, 1972 | 09:59 | 4W | Titanium 33B | 33B-2 | Jump seat 2 | ||
March 17, 1972 | 17:00 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-3 | KH 8-34 | Spy satellite | |
May 20, 1972 | 3:30 p.m. | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-4 | KH 8-35 | Spy satellite | |
July 7, 1972 | 17:46 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-5 | KH 9-03 | Spy satellite | |
1st September 1972 | 17:44 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-5 | KH 8-36 | Spy satellite | |
October 10, 1972 | 18:03 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-3 | KH 9-04 | Spy satellite | |
December 21, 1972 | 17:45 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-6 | KH 8-37 | Spy satellite | |
March 9, 1973 | 21:00 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-6 | KH 9-05 | Spy satellite | |
May 16, 1973 | 16:40 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-7 | KH 8-38 | Spy satellite | |
June 26, 1973 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-9 | KH 8-39 | Spy satellite | ||
July 13, 1973 | 20:24 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-7 | KH 9-06 | Spy satellite | |
August 21, 1973 | 16:07 | 4W | Titanium 33B | 33B-3 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 3 | |
September 27, 1973 | 17:15 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-8 | KH 8-40 | Spy satellite | |
November 10, 1973 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-8 | KH 9-07 | Spy satellite | ||
February 13, 1974 | 18:00 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-10 | KH 8-41 | Spy satellite | |
April 10, 1974 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-9 | KH 9-08 | Spy satellite | ||
June 6, 1974 | 16:30 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-11 | KH 8-42 | Spy satellite | |
August 14, 1974 | 15:45 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-12 | KH 8-43 | Spy satellite | |
October 29, 1974 | 7:30 p.m. | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-4 | KH 9-09 | Spy satellite | |
March 10, 1975 | 04:41 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-1 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 4 | |
April 18, 1975 | 16:48 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-14 | KH 8-44 | Spy satellite | |
June 8th 1975 | 18:30 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-10 | KH 9-10 | Spy satellite | |
October 9, 1975 | 19:15 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-13 | KH 8-45 | Spy satellite | |
4th December 1975 | 20:38 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-13 | KH 9-11 | Spy satellite | |
March 22, 1976 | 18:14 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-18 | KH 8-46 | Spy satellite | |
June 2nd 1976 | 20:56 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-5 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 1 | |
July 8, 1976 | 18:30 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-14 | KH 9-12 | Spy satellite | |
August 6, 1976 | 22:21 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-6 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 2 | |
September 15, 1976 | 18:50 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-17 | KH 8-47 | Spy satellite | |
December 19, 1976 | 18:19 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-15 | KH 11-01 | Spy satellite | |
March 13, 1977 | 18:41 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-19 | KH 8-48 | Spy satellite | |
June 27, 1977 | 18:30 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-17 | KH 9-13 | Spy satellite | |
23rd September 1977 | 18:34 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-23 | KH 8-49 | Spy satellite | |
February 25, 1978 | 05:00 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-2 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 5 | |
March 16, 1978 | 18:43 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-20 | KH 9-14 | Spy satellite | |
June 14, 1978 | 18:28 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-18 | KH 11-02 | Spy satellite | |
5th August 1978 | 05:00 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-7 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 3 | |
March 16, 1979 | 18:30 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-21 | KH 9-15 | Spy satellite | |
May 28, 1979 | 18:14 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-25 | KH 8-50 | Spy satellite | |
February 7, 1980 | 21:10 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-19 | KH 11-03 | Spy satellite | |
June 18, 1980 | 18:29 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-16 | KH 9-16 | Spy satellite | |
December 13, 1980 | 16:04 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-3 | SDS 4 | ||
February 28, 1981 | 19:15 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-24 | KH 8-51 | Spy satellite | |
April 24, 1981 | 21:32 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-8 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 6 | |
3rd September 1981 | 18:29 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-22 | KH 11-04 | Spy satellite | |
January 21, 1982 | 19:36 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-26 | KH 8-52 | Spy satellite | |
May 11, 1982 | 18:45 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-24 | KH 9-17 | Spy satellite | |
17th November 1982 | 21:22 | 4E | Titan IIID | 23D-23 | KH 11-05 | Spy satellite | |
April 15, 1983 | 18:45 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-27 | KH 8-53 | Spy satellite | |
June 20, 1983 | 18:45 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-5 | KH 9-18 | Spy satellite | |
July 31, 1983 | 15:41 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-9 | Ascent Agena D | Jump seat 7 | |
April 17, 1984 | 18:45 | 4W | Titanium 24B | 24B-28 | KH 8-54 | Spy satellite | |
June 25, 1984 | 18:43 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-4 | KH 9-19, SSF-D 5 | Spy satellite | |
August 28, 1984 | 18:03 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-4 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 5 | |
4th December 1984 | 18:00 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-6 | KH 11-06 | Spy satellite | |
February 8, 1985 | 06:10 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-10 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 6 | |
August 28, 1985 | 21:20 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-7 | KH 11-07 | Spy satellite | |
April 18, 1986 | 17:45 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-9 | KH 9-20, SSF-D 6 | Spy satellite | |
February 12, 1987 | 06:40 | 4W | Titanium 34B | 34B-51 | Ascent Agena D | SDS 7 | |
October 26, 1987 | 21:32 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-15 | KH 11-08 | Spy satellite | |
5th September 1988 | 09:25 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-1 | SBWASS R1 | ||
November 6, 1988 | 18:03 | 4E | Titanium 34D | 34D-14 | KH 11-09 | Spy satellite | |
September 6, 1989 | 01:49 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-2 | SBWASS R2 | ||
March 8, 1991 | 12:03 | 4E | Titanium 403A | Lacrosse 2 | First West Coast launch of a Titan 4 | ||
November 8, 1991 | 07:07 | 4E | Titanium 403A | NOSS 10 | |||
April 25, 1992 | 08:53 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-3 | SBWASS R3 | ||
November 28, 1992 | 21:34 | 4E | Titanium 404A | USA 86 | |||
2nd August 1993 | 19:59 | 4E | Titanium 403A | NOSS 19, SSU | |||
5th October 1993 | 17:56 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-5 | Landsat 6 | ||
January 25, 1994 | 16:34 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-11 | Clementine | ||
5th December 1995 | 21:18 | 4E | Titanium 404A | USA 116 | |||
May 12, 1996 | 21:32 | 4E | Titanium 403A | SDS B-2, SSU, NOSS B-4 | |||
December 20, 1996 | 18:04 | 4E | Titanium 404A | USA 129 | |||
April 4, 1997 | 16:47 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-6 | DMSP 5D-2 F-14 | Weather satellite | |
October 24, 1997 | 02:32 | 4E | Titanium 403A | 4A-18 | Lacrosse 3 | ||
May 13, 1998 | 15:52 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-12 | NOAA 15 | ||
May 22, 1999 | 09:36 | 4E | Titanium 404B | 4B-12 | USA 144 | ||
June 20, 1999 | 02:15 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-7 | QuikScat | ||
December 12, 1999 | 17:38 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-8 | DMSP 5D-3 F-15 | Weather satellite | |
August 17, 2000 | 23:45 | 4E | Titanium 403B | 4B-28 | Onyx F1 | ||
September 21, 2000 | 10:22 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-13 | NOAA 16 | ||
October 5, 2001 | 21:21 | 4E | Titanium 404B | 4B-34 | EIS-2 | ||
June 24, 2002 | 18:23 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-14 | NOAA 17th | ||
January 6, 2003 | 14:19 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-4 | Coriolis | ||
October 18, 2003 | 16:17 | 4W | Titan II SLV | 23G-9 | DMSP-16 | Last launch of a Titan 2 rocket | |
October 19, 2005 | 18:05 | 4E | Titanium 404B | 4B-26 | NGO L-20 | Last launch of a Titan missile | |
29th September 2013 | 16:00 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.1 | 9-006 | CASSIOPE , CUsat-1 , CUsat-2 , DANTE , three POPACS | First launch of this type of missile | |
17th January 2016 | 18:42 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.1 | 9-021 | Jason 3 | Last start of version Falcon 9 v1.1. Soft landing of the first stage on the floating platform in the ocean, then fell over due to failure of a landing leg. | |
January 14, 2017 | 17:54 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-029 | Iridium NEXT 1-10 | ||
June 25, 2017 | 20:25 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-036 | Iridium NEXT 11-20 | ||
August 24, 2017 | 18:50 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-040 | FORMOSAT-5 | ||
October 9, 2017 | 12:37 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-042 | Iridium NEXT 21-30 | ||
23rd December 2017 | 01:27 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-046 | Iridium NEXT 31-40 | ||
February 22, 2018 | 14:17 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-049 | Paz , Tintin A and B | ||
March 30, 2018 | 14:13 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-051 | Iridium NEXT 41-50 | ||
May 22, 2018 | 19:48 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-055 |
Iridium NEXT 51-55, GRACE-FO 1 and 2 |
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July 25, 2018 | 11:39 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-059 | Iridium NEXT 56-65 | ||
October 8, 2018 | 02:21 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-062 | SAOCOM 1A | ||
3rd December 2018 | 18:34 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-064 | SSO-A | First second reuse of the same rocket stage | |
January 11, 2019 | 15:31 | 4E | Falcon 9 v1.2 | 9-067 | Iridium NEXT 66-75 | ||
June 12, 2019 | 14:17 | 4E | Falcon 9 | 9-072 | Radarsat Constellation |
Landing list
date | Pad | Missile type | serial number | Remarks |
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October 8, 2018 | 4W | Falcon 9 v1.2 | B1048.2 | First landing on VAFB Landing Zone 4 |
June 12, 2019 | 4W | Falcon 9 v1.2 | B1051.2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ SpaceX Breaks Ground on Launch Pad for Huge Private Rocket (Space.com, July 13, 2011) . Retrieved July 22, 2011.
Web links
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (English)
- Vandenberg SLC4W in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)