Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 08
| Launch Facility 08 | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 34 ° 51 '2 " N , 120 ° 35' 55" W |
| Type | Missile silo |
| operator | United States Air Force |
| Missiles | Minuteman , Peacekeeper , Astrid |
| First start | September 26, 1963 (Minuteman 1B 770) |
| Total starts | 67 |
Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 08 (LF-08, formerly 394A7, 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 1980s . It was used for test flights of the LGM-118 Peacekeeper in the mid-1980s to the early 1990s .
A special test took place on February 4, 1994: the so-called “laser pumped propulsion” drive was tested for the first time with the Astrid test vehicle. Astrid reached a height of 2 km. No tests have been performed on LF-08 since then.
Start list
| date | Time ( UTC ) | Missile type | payload | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 26, 1963 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 770 | Test flight | |
| August 21, 1964 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1072 | Test flight | |
| September 15, 1964 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1179 OT (ECP VER) | Test flight | |
| 3rd November 1964 | 00:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B853 | Test flight |
| December 9, 1964 | 08:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1101 | Failure |
| February 2, 1965 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 714 | Test flight | |
| March 2, 1965 | 01:10 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1093 | Test flight |
| April 13, 1965 | 21:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1165 | Test flight |
| June 2, 1965 | 10:40 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1054 | Test flight |
| June 29, 1965 | 12:00 | Minuteman 1 | Minuteman 1B 1148 | Test flight |
| March 17, 1966 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2049 | Failure | |
| June 24, 1966 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2083 | ||
| July 26, 1966 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2045 | Failure | |
| January 11, 1967 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2073 | Test flight | |
| April 17, 1967 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2143 ERCS 3 | ||
| November 21, 1967 | 14:12 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2071 | |
| February 10, 1968 | 11:42 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2307 | |
| 20th December 1968 | 14:30 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2418 ST | |
| 29th January 1969 | 13:52 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2240 ST | |
| July 25, 1969 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2357 ST | ||
| April 2nd, 1970 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 FTM-309 | Test flight | |
| June 24, 1970 | 04:33 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 FTM-313 | Test flight |
| August 27, 1970 | 06:00 | Minuteman 3 | OLD FOX 01M | Test flight |
| November 14, 1970 | Minuteman 3 | OLD FOX 03M | Test flight | |
| January 27, 1971 | Minuteman 3 | OLD FOX 04M | Test flight | |
| March 24, 1971 | 07:25 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT01GM | Test flight |
| May 27, 1971 | 06:56 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT02GM | Test flight |
| 20th October 1971 | 16:16 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 STM-3W | Test flight |
| 15th December 1971 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 STM-4W | Test flight | |
| June 18, 1972 | 00:00 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 STM-5W | Test flight |
| January 31, 1973 | 01:30 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 PVM-2 | Test flight |
| 23rd August 1973 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 PVM-3 | Test flight | |
| 22nd December 1973 | 08:05 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 STM-8W | Test flight |
| November 26, 1974 | Minuteman 3 | Minuteman 3 PVM-9 | Test flight | |
| June 11th 1975 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT30GM | Test flight | |
| 29th August 1975 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT49GM | Test flight | |
| November 14, 1975 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT50GM | Test flight | |
| June 21, 1976 | 07:01 am | Minuteman 3 | OT GT33GM | Test flight |
| 5th November 1976 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT55GM | Test flight | |
| January 21, 1977 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT53GM-1 | Test flight | |
| August 10, 1977 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT59GM-1 | Test flight | |
| February 15, 1978 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT61GM | Test flight | |
| June 27, 1978 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT64GM | Test flight | |
| January 30, 1979 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT66GM | Test flight | |
| July 10, 1979 | 17:39 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT68GM | Test flight |
| September 28, 1979 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT70GM | Test flight | |
| February 27, 1980 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT73GM | Test flight | |
| June 22, 1980 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT74GM | Test flight | |
| September 24, 1980 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT78GM | Test flight | |
| February 9, 1981 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT79GM | Test flight | |
| January 29, 1982 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT86GM | Test flight | |
| June 22, 1982 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT88GM | Test flight | |
| October 14, 1982 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT143MS-1 | Test flight | |
| March 16, 1983 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT144MS | Test flight | |
| September 21, 1983 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT96GM | Test flight | |
| January 25, 1984 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT100GM | Test flight | |
| August 24, 1985 | 16:40 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-9 | |
| November 13, 1985 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-10 | Test of 4 re-entry bodies | |
| March 7, 1986 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-11 | ||
| May 21, 1986 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-12 | Test of 10 Mk 21 warheads | |
| September 18, 1986 | 12:30 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-13 | Test of 6 re-entry bodies |
| February 13, 1987 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-16 | Test flight | |
| March 21, 1987 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-17 | Test flight | |
| March 19, 1989 | 17:45 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper FTM-18 | Test of 7 Mk 21 warheads |
| May 16, 1990 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper 03PA | Test flight | |
| June 11, 1991 | 17:47 | Peacekeeper | Peacekeeper 06PA | Test flight |
| 4th February 1994 | Astrid | "Pumped Propulsion" test |
Web links
- Vandenberg LF08 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)