Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 22
Launch Facility 22 | |
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Coordinates | 34 ° 50 '48 " N , 120 ° 34' 58" W |
Type | Missile silo |
operator | United States Air Force |
Missiles | Minuteman |
First start | October 6, 1965 (Minuteman 2 2002) |
Total starts | 18th |
Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 22 (LF-22) 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 .
Start list
date | Time ( UTC ) | Missile type | payload | Remarks |
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October 6, 1965 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2002 | Test flight | |
2nd November 1966 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2068 | Failure | |
April 21, 1967 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2137 | ST Olympic Trials 1 | |
20th July 1967 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2370 | ST Olympic Trials 3 | |
January 25, 1968 | Minuteman 2 | Minuteman 2 2448 | ST Olympic Trials 7 | |
April 30, 1968 | Minuteman 2 | 2503 GIANT BLADE 1 | Test flight | |
April 25, 1969 | Minuteman 2 | 2096 OT GT5F | Test flight | |
15th July 1969 | Minuteman 2 | (64-15533) OT GT12F | Test flight | |
August 27, 1969 | 02:35 | Minuteman 2 | 2065 OT GT15F | Test flight |
March 11, 1970 | Minuteman 2 | 2424 OT GT24F | Test flight | |
April 25, 1970 | Minuteman 2 | 2588 OT GT57F | Test flight | |
June 26, 1970 | Minuteman 2 | 2559 OT GT59F | Test flight | |
May 24, 1971 | Minuteman 2 | FOT GT103F | Test flight | |
September 19, 1972 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT16GB | Test flight | |
November 25, 1972 | 02:00 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT18GB | Test flight |
May 3rd 1973 | 23:00 | Minuteman 3 | OT GT22GB | Test flight |
September 28, 1974 | 15:34 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT46GB | Test flight |
17th December 1975 | Minuteman 3 | FOT GT51GB | Test flight |
Web links
- Vandenberg LF22 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)