Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 22

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Launch Facility 22
Coordinates 34 ° 50 '48 "  N , 120 ° 34' 58"  W 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
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

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