Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 04
| Launch Facility 04 | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34 ° 51 '32 " N , 120 ° 36' 24" W |
| Type | Missile silo |
| operator | United States Air Force |
| Missiles | Minuteman |
| First start | September 28, 1962 (Minuteman 1A 503) |
| Total starts | 86 |
Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 04 (LF-04, 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 to 2000s .
Start list
| date | Time ( UTC ) | Missile type | payload | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 1962 | 21:01 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 503 | False start. First launch of a Minuteman 1 rocket from Vandenberg |
| June 18, 1963 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 521 | ||
| 17th October 1963 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 672 | Test flight | |
| December 13, 1963 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 708 | Test flight | |
| January 24, 1964 | 01:30 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 551 | Test flight |
| February 29, 1964 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 581 | Test flight | |
| March 31, 1964 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 557 | Test flight | |
| June 30, 1964 | 00:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 631 | Test flight |
| September 1, 1964 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 668 | Test flight | |
| August 25, 1965 | 16:28 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 509 | Test flight |
| December 14, 1965 | 17:20 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 516 | Test flight |
| February 24, 1966 | 19:40 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 629 (63-112) | Test flight |
| March 25, 1966 | 22:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 649 (63-130) | Test flight |
| May 31, 1966 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 622 (63-109) | Test flight | |
| 22nd August 1966 | 20:52 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 621 (63-103) | Test flight |
| 20th September 1966 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1A 571 (63-068) | Test flight | |
| July 8, 1968 | 18:19 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 FTM-2589 GIANT FIST 1 | |
| October 24, 1968 | 17:00 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 FTM-2191 GIANT FIST 2A | |
| 2nd February 1969 | 08:25 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 FTM-2208 GIANT FIST 5 | |
| March 12, 1969 | 11:20 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 FTM-2642 GIANT FIST 3 | |
| June 20, 1970 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2338 OT GT27M | Test flight | |
| 18th July 1970 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT30M | Test flight | |
| August 14, 1970 | 08:35 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT31M | Test flight |
| 3rd October 1970 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT46M | Test flight | |
| 2nd November 1970 | 23:05 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT51M | Test flight |
| 7th December 1970 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT56M | Test flight | |
| 5th February 1971 | 05:20 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT60M | Test flight |
| February 27, 1971 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT80M | Test flight | |
| 4th June 1971 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT81M | Test flight | |
| August 6, 1971 | 12:50 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT85M | Test flight |
| 2nd September 1971 | Minuteman 2 | OT GT29M | Test flight | |
| 18th November 1971 | 07:00 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT07GM | Test flight |
| 17th December 1971 | 09:45 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT10GM | Test flight |
| February 9, 1972 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT13GM | Test flight | |
| June 6, 1972 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT15GM | Test flight | |
| 3rd October 1972 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT109M | Test flight | |
| 2nd August 1973 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT113M | Test flight | |
| September 25, 1973 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT115M-1 | Test flight | |
| November 22, 1973 | 09:00 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT42GM-1 | Test flight |
| July 9, 1974 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT120M | Test flight | |
| 5th October 1974 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 PVM-8 | Test flight | |
| 18th December 1974 | 02:35 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT121M | Test flight |
| January 29, 1975 | 15:20 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT48GM | Test flight |
| 15th August 1975 | 04:25 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT122M-1 | Test flight |
| 23rd September 1975 | Minuteman 2 | OSL | ||
| February 25, 1976 | 04:15 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT124M | Test flight |
| June 28, 1977 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT134M | Test flight | |
| June 3, 1978 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT136M | Test flight | |
| July 16, 1979 | Minuteman 2 | ERCS GIANT MOON 9 | Test flight | |
| September 25, 1979 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT138M | Test flight | |
| February 23, 1980 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT140M | Test flight | |
| April 1, 1981 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT75GM-2 | Test flight | |
| March 18, 1982 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT141MS | Test flight | |
| July 19, 1982 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT142M | Test flight | |
| March 11, 1983 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT93GM | Test flight | |
| September 28, 1983 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT145MS | Test flight | |
| February 29, 1984 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT146MS | Test flight | |
| 4th October 1984 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT105GM | Test flight | |
| February 6, 1985 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT106GM | False start | |
| June 16, 1985 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT108GM | Test flight | |
| September 26, 1985 | 08:25 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT111GM | Test flight |
| March 15, 1986 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT114GM | Test flight | |
| August 28, 1986 | 14:04 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT117GM | Test flight |
| March 16, 1987 | 08:22 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT121GM | Test flight |
| July 7, 1987 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT148M | Test flight | |
| October 28, 1987 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT150M | Test flight | |
| July 12, 1988 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT128GM | Test flight | |
| February 22, 1989 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT132GM | Test flight | |
| March 24, 1990 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT138GM | Test flight | |
| November 6, 1990 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT142GM | Test flight | |
| 3rd September 1991 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT145GM | Test flight | |
| 4th November 1992 | 02:00 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT150GM | False start |
| June 8, 1994 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT155GM | Test flight | |
| 5th October 1994 | 08:00 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT157GM | Test flight |
| March 17, 1995 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT159GM FOT GT159GM | Test flight | |
| June 26, 1996 | 14:59 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT160GM FOT GT160GM | Test flight |
| May 21, 1997 | 08:27 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT164GM FOT GT164GM / SHARP | Test of the re-entry body |
| February 20, 1998 | 08:23 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT166GB FOT GT166GM | Test flight |
| February 10, 1999 | 08:06 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT169GM FOT GT169GM | Test flight |
| September 28, 2000 | 10:01 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT173GM RCT-2 FOT | Test with 20 decoys and a target missile |
| November 7, 2001 | 08:15 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT176GM | Test flight from Vandenberg to Kwajalein |
| September 20, 2002 | 02:31 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 GT180GM GT180GM | Test flight |
| June 11, 2003 | 08:01 | Minuteman 3 | GT182GM | Test flight |
| September 15, 2004 | 08:01 | Minuteman 3 | FDEP GT186GM | Test flight |
| September 7, 2005 | 08:53 | Minuteman 3 | GT-187GM-1 test flight | Test flight with two inert warheads |
| June 14, 2006 | 05:22 | Minuteman 3 | GT-191GM FDEP | Test flight |
| June 30, 2010 | 3:40 am PST | Minuteman 3 | Test flight | |
| July 27, 2011 | 3:06 am PST | Minuteman 3 | an inert warhead | Test flight, missile was blown up after an anomaly by flight control |
Web links
- Vandenberg LF04 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Vandenberg conducts Minuteman III flight test ( Memento from July 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Minuteman III destroyed during test launch ( Memento from March 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )