Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex A
Launch Complex A | |
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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 |
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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 |
Web links
- Vandenberg LC-A in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)