Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex A

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Launch Complex A
Coordinates 34 ° 40 ′ 45 "  N , 120 ° 35 ′ 32"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′ 45 "  N , 120 ° 35 ′ 32"  W
operator United States Air Force
Launch pads 1
Missiles Asp , Astrobee , Black Brant , Dac Roc , Honest John , Javelin , Journeyman Scout , Seagull
First start July 14, 1959
Last start March 25, 1966
Total starts 39
status inactive

Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex A (LC-A, formerly PALC-A) is a disused launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California , USA .

In the late 1950s and 1960s, military and scientific launches by the US Air Force , the US Navy and NASA with various sounding rockets took place from here.

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type payload Remarks
July 14, 1959 17:45 Asp Nike Asp NN8.65
17th July 1959 17:40 Asp Nike Asp NN8.66 Failure
July 24, 1959 16:34 Asp Nike Asp NN8.67
7th August 1959 17:05 Asp Nike Asp NN8.68CF
August 14, 1959 16:00 Asp Nike Asp NN8.69CF
August 22, 1959 02:30 Asp Nike Asp NN8.70CF
August 24, 1959 22:47 Asp Nike Asp NN8.71CF
August 28, 1959 16:10 Asp Nike Asp NN8.72CF
August 31, 1959 22:53 Asp Nike Asp NN8.73CF
September 1, 1959 01:01 Asp Nike Asp NN8.74CF
September 1, 1959 19:00 Asp Nike Asp NN8.75CF
2nd September 1959 00:03 Asp Nike Asp NN8.76CF
September 19, 1960 16:35 Journeyman Journeyman NASA 11.01GE
August 1, 1961 20:18 Astrobee Astrobee 1500 AA16.304 Failure
November 15, 1961 13:42 Journeyman Journeyman NASA 04/11GB
November 18, 1961 13:42 Journeyman Journeyman NASA 11.05GB
4th December 1961 04:00 Scout Blue Scout Jr O-2
December 8, 1961 Astrobee
May 31, 1962 17:08 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 102 ERCS / 279L 1
July 9, 1962 Journeyman
July 24, 1962 17:29 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 101 ERCS / 279L 2
November 21, 1962 18:20 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 201 ERCS / 279L 3
December 19, 1962 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1B (m) 21-1
2nd February 1963 06:56 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 202 ERCS 279L
February 12, 1963 01:47 Journeyman Journeyman NASA 06/11UE
March 14, 1963 01:01 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 203 ERCS 279L
17th May 1963 23:00 Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1C 301 ERCS 279L
July 1, 1963 Black Brant Black Brant III AA-3-7
October 24, 1963 Dac Roc
November 7, 1963 Black Brant Black Brant III AA-3-8
November 18, 1963 Honest John HJ Nike Nike HAD-1 LRL
December 10, 1963 Dac Roc
December 20, 1963 Seagull
February 6, 1964 Honest John HJ Nike Nike HAD-2 LRL HAD-2 Failure
March 14, 1964 Honest John HJ Nike Nike HAD-3 LRL HAD-3
August 29, 1964 09:36 Blue Scout Blue Scout Jr SLV-1B (m) 21-2
December 22, 1964 04:00 Blue Scout Blue Scout Jr 21-3 Failure due to premature burnout of the third stage
March 19, 1966 12:31 Javelin HITAB 1
March 25, 1966 09:42 Javelin HITAB

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