Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 02

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Launch Facility 02
Coordinates 34 ° 50 '41 "  N , 120 ° 35' 5"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 50 '41 "  N , 120 ° 35' 5"  W.
Type Missile silo
operator United States Air Force
Missiles Minuteman , peacekeeper
First start April 12, 1963 (Minuteman 1A 565)
Total starts 76

Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 02 (LF-02, originally a Minuteman 394 SMS Silo) is a missile silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California , USA .

The silo was used for research and test launches of the Minuteman missile in the 1960s and 1970s . The silo has been used for testing the LGM-118 Peacekeeper since 1986 .

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type payload Remarks
April 12, 1963 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1A 565 Test flight
June 28, 1963 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1A 546 Test flight
August 8, 1963 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1A 520 Test flight
December 13, 1963 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B854 Test flight
January 16, 1964 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 870 Test flight
February 25, 1964 02:00 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 813 Test flight
March 24, 1964 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 812 Test flight
May 7, 1964 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1002 Test flight
June 15, 1964 12:40 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 910 Test flight
July 7, 1964 19:00 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1007 Test flight
September 10, 1964 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1024 Test flight
November 6, 1964 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 960 False start
December 9, 1964 20:00 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1163 Test flight
February 2, 1965 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1041 Test flight
March 16, 1965 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 801 Test flight
April 13, 1965 21:00 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 851 Test flight
June 10, 1965 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 669 False start
March 8, 1966 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1362 Test flight
April 4th 1966 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1258 Test flight
May 2, 1966 20:35 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1388 Test flight
June 2, 1966 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1240 Test flight
July 13, 1966 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 764 False start
August 16, 1966 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1342 Test flight
April 28, 1967 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 1019 Test flight
May 19, 1967 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 667 Test flight
June 29, 1967 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 751 Test flight
July 15, 1967 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 755 GIN BABY I. Test flight
3rd November 1967 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 820 GIN BABY II Test flight
December 8, 1967 21:03 Minuteman 1 Minuteman 1B 948 GIN BABY IV Test flight
29th January 1969 10:34 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2504 ST
April 11, 1969 08:55 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-301 Test flight
May 29, 1969 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-302 Test flight
13th September 1969 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-303 Test flight
15th October 1969 11:16 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-305 Test flight
October 31, 1969 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-304 Test flight
April 22, 1970 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-308 Test flight
May 8, 1970 07:49 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-310 Test flight
17th June 1970 08:00 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-312 Test flight
July 28, 1970 23:17 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 FTM-5008 Test flight
September 26, 1970 07:20 Minuteman 3 OLD FOX 02M Test flight
17th February 1971 07:25 Minuteman 3 OLD FOX 05M Test flight
May 27, 1971 Minuteman 3 OT GT03GM Test flight
July 8, 1971 Minuteman 3 OT GT04GM Test flight
3rd September 1971 Minuteman 3 OT GT05GM Test flight
15th October 1971 09:05 Minuteman 3 OT GT06GM Test flight
November 23, 1971 06:55 Minuteman 3 OT GT08GM Test flight
January 26, 1972 Minuteman 3 OT GT11GM Test flight
June 11, 1972 20:35 Minuteman 3 OT GT14GM Test flight
October 20, 1972 09:05 Minuteman 2 FOT GT110M Test flight
5th December 1972 02:35 Minuteman 3 FOT GT41GM Test flight
April 18, 1973 04:25 Minuteman 2 FOT GT112M Test flight
5th September 1973 Minuteman 3 FOT GT43GM Test flight
April 2nd 1974 Minuteman 2 FOT GT119M Test flight
May 2nd 1974 22:00 Minuteman 3 FOT GT44GM Test flight
17th August 1974 Minuteman 3 FOT GT45GM Test flight
October 8, 1974 03:35 Minuteman 2 FOT GT118M Test flight
May 16, 1975 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-9W PAVE PEPPER test flight
July 26, 1975 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-10W PAVE PEPPER test flight
23rd August 1986 18:25 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper FTM-15 Test flight
5th December 1986 16:00 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper FTM-14 10 RV Test flight
September 14, 1989 19:00 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 01PA False start
March 12, 1991 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 05PA Test flight
17th September 1991 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 07PA Test flight
July 1, 1992 02:20 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 09PA Test flight
March 2, 1993 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 11PA Test flight
September 15, 1993 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 13PA Test flight
May 17, 1994 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 15PA Test flight
January 19, 1995 20:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 17PA Test flight
August 30, 1995 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 19PA Test flight
May 30, 1996 08:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 21PA Test flight
November 6, 1996 13:06 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 23PA Test flight
November 5, 1997 21:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 26PA 8 RVs Test flight
March 10, 1999 08:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 28PA 8 RVs Test flight
July 27, 2001 08:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 30PA Missile destroyed in flight
June 3, 2002 08:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 31PA GT-31PA - 9 RVs Test flight
July 21, 2004 08:01 Peacekeeper Peacekeeper 33PA GT-33PA - 8 RVs Test flight

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