Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 21

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Launch Facility 21
Coordinates 34 ° 51 '40 "  N , 120 ° 35' 43"  W Coordinates: 34 ° 51 '40 "  N , 120 ° 35' 43"  W.
Type Missile silo
operator United States Air Force
Missiles Minuteman , Orbus
First start August 18, 1965 (Minuteman 2 2001)
Total starts 34

Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 21 (LF-21) 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 from the mid-1960s to 1980 . Test flights with the Orbus missile took place in 2001 and 2004 as part of the US national missile defense program.

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type payload Remarks
August 18, 1965 11:30 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2001 Test flight
November 9, 1965 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2009 Test flight
May 11, 1967 14:23 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2095
July 15, 1967 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2337 Test flight
1st September 1968 18:00 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 1442 ST
March 22, 1969 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2415 ST
May 2nd 1969 08:42 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2505 ST
20th June 1969 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2320 ST
1st October 1969 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2510 ST
19th November 1969 Minuteman 2 Minuteman 2 2508 ST
4th November 1970 09:05 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-1W Test flight
April 8, 1971 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-2W Test flight
June 11, 1971 14:55 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-6W Test flight
May 31, 1972 14:20 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-1 Test flight
2nd August 1972 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-7W Test flight
April 5th 1974 01:25 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-5 Test flight
October 12, 1974 05:54 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-6 Test flight
July 15, 1976 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-11W
November 12, 1976 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-12W Test flight
January 30, 1977 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-13W Test flight
June 16, 1977 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-14W Test flight
19th August 1977 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-14 Test flight
3rd November 1977 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-15 Test flight
January 6, 1978 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-15W Test flight
June 22, 1978 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-16W Test flight
December 8, 1978 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-17W Test flight
15th February 1979 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-16 Test flight
April 19, 1979 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-17 Test flight
August 30, 1979 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 STM-18W Test flight
January 31, 1980 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-18 Test flight
March 27, 1980 Minuteman 3 Minuteman 3 PVM-19 Test flight
August 31, 2001 20:00 Orbus GBI BV-2
December 13, 2001 18:15 Orbus GBI BV-3 Failure
January 9, 2004 18:40 Orbus GBI BV-5

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