Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2
Space Launch Complex 2 | |
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![]() Delta II on SLC-2W with Gravity Probe B |
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Coordinates | 34 ° 45 ′ 16 " N , 120 ° 37 ′ 11" W |
Type | Orbital Launch Site |
operator | United States Air Force |
Launch pads | 2 (2E, 2W) |
Missiles | Delta , Delta II , Thor - Agena , Firefly Alpha (planned) |
Min. Inclination | 51 ° |
Max. Inclination | 145 ° |
First start | October 2, 1966 ( ESSA 3 ) |
status | active |
Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2, pronounced "Slick Two") is an active launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California , USA .
The launch complex consists of the two launch platforms. The eastern platform, SLC-2E, was used for Delta and Thor - Agena launches between 1966 and 1972 under the name Launch Complex 75-1-1 and has since been demolished. The western platform SLC-2W was used from 1996 for Delta, Thor -Agena and Delta-II- launches. The last Delta II flight took place in September 2018, after which SLC-2W will be rededicated for the new Firefly Alpha .
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Start list
date | Time ( UTC ) | Pad | Missile type | serial number | Upper school | Mission / payload | Remarks |
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December 16, 1958 | 23:44 | 2E | Thor DM-18A | 151 | |||
3rd August 1959 | 21:41 | 2E | Thor DM-18A | 175 | IWST | ||
17th September 1959 | 21:09 | 2W | Thor DM-18A | 228 | IWST | ||
October 21, 1959 | 22:57 | 2E | Thor DM-18A | 220 | IWST | ||
November 12, 1959 | 19:24 | 2W | Thor DM-18A | 181 | IWST | ||
2nd December 1959 | 05:29 | 2E | Thor DM-18A | 265 | |||
December 15, 1959 | 02:14 | 2W | Thor DM-18A | 185 | IWST | ||
January 21, 1960 | 20:10 | 2W | Thor DM-18A | 215 | IWST | ||
June 16, 1961 | 23:02 | 2E | Thor | 303 | Agena B 1107 | Discoverer 25 | KH-2 spy satellite |
4th August 1961 | 00:01 | 2E | Thor | 309 | Agena B 1111 | Discoverer 28 | KH-2 spy satellite |
17th September 1961 | 21:00 | 2E | Thor | 324 | Agena B 1114 | Discoverer 31 | KH-3 spy satellite |
5th November 1961 | 20:00 | 2E | Thor | 330 | Agena B 1117 | Discoverer 34 | KH-3 spy satellite |
May 30, 1962 | 01:00 | 2E | Thor | 336 | Agena B 1128 | KH-4 9035 | KH-4 spy satellite |
June 28, 1962 | 01:09 | 2E | Thor | 340 | Agena D 1151 | KH-4 9038 | KH-4 spy satellite |
2nd August 1962 | 00:17 | 2E | Thor | 344 | Agena D 1152 | KH-4 9041 | KH-4 spy satellite |
August 29, 1962 | 01:00 | 2W | Thor | 349 | Agena D 1153 | KH-4 9044 | KH-4 spy satellite |
September 29, 1962 | 06:05 | 2E | Thor | 341 | Agena B | Alouette 1, TAVE | Magnetospheric satellite |
September 29, 1962 | 23:34 | 2W | Thor | 351 | Agena D 1154 | KH-4 9045 | KH-4 spy satellite |
October 26, 1962 | 16:14 | 2W | Thor | 353 | Agena D 1401 | Starfish Radiation 1 | Magnetospheric satellite |
4th December 1962 | 21:30 | 2W | Thor | 361 | Agena D 1155 | KH-4 9049 | KH-4 spy satellite |
December 13, 1962 | 04:07 | 2E | Thor | 365 | Agena D 2351 | Black Sphere, Injun 3, Calsphere 1A | |
7th January 1963 | 21:09 | 2E | Thor | 369 | Agena D 1157 | KH-4 9051 | KH-4 spy satellite |
April 26, 1963 | 20:13 | 2E | Thor | 372 | Agena D 1411 | KH-5 9055A | KH-5 spy satellite |
June 15, 1963 | 14:29 | 2E | Thor | 378 | Agena D 2353 | Lofti 2A, RADOSE 112, Solrad 6A | |
June 27, 1963 | 00:37 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 381 | Agena D 1166 | KH-4 9056, Hitchhiker 1 | KH-4 spy satellite |
July 19, 1963 | 00:00 | 2E | Thor | 388 | Agena D 1412 | KH-4 9057 | KH-4 spy satellite |
July 31, 1963 | 00:00 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 382 | Agena D 1167 | KH 4A-07 | KH-4 spy satellite |
September 23, 1963 | 23:00 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 383 | Agena D 1163 | KH-4A 1002 | KH-4 spy satellite |
September 28, 1963 | 20:22 | 2E | Thor | 375 | Ablestar-2 AB013 | Transit 5BN-1, Transit 5E-1 | |
November 9, 1963 | 20:27 | 2W | Thor SLV-2 | 400 | Agena D 1171 | KH-4 9060 | KH-4 spy satellite |
5th December 1963 | 21:51 | 2E | Thor | 385 | Ablestar-2 AB015 | Transit 5BN-2, Transit 5E-3 | |
December 21, 1963 | 21:45 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 398 | Agena D 1168 | KH-4 9062 | KH-4 spy satellite |
January 19, 1964 | 10:59 | 2W | Thor SLV-2 | 384 | Agena D 2303 | DAPP | |
January 25, 1964 | 13:59 | 2E | Thor SLV-2 | 397 | Agena B 6301 | Echo 2 | Communications satellite |
April 21, 1964 | 18:50 | 2E | Thor | 379 | Ablestar-2 AB014 | Transit 5BN-3, Transit 5E-2 | |
June 13, 1964 | 15:47 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 408 | Agena D 1606 | KH-5 9065A, Starflash 1A | KH-5 spy satellite |
June 19, 1964 | 23:18 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 410 | Agena D 1609 | KH-4A 1007 | KH-4 spy satellite |
August 21, 1964 | 15:45 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 412 | Agena D 1603 | KH-5 9066A, Starflash 1B | KH-5 spy satellite |
August 28, 1964 | 07:56 | 2E | Thor SLV-2 | 399 | Agena B 6201 | Nimbus 1 | Weather satellite |
October 6, 1964 | 17:04 | 2W | Thor | 423 | Ablestar-2 AB016 | Transit O-1, Calsphere 2, Calsphere 1 | |
November 18, 1964 | 20:35 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 416 | Agena D SS-01A 1180 | KH-4A 1014 | KH-4 spy satellite |
December 13, 1964 | 00:08 | 2W | Thor | 427 | Ablestar-2 AB017 | Transit 5E-5, Transit O-2 | |
December 21, 1964 | 19:08 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 425 | Agena D SS-01A 2355 | Ferret | |
March 9, 1965 | 18:29 | 2W | Thor SLV-2 | 419 | Agena D SS-01A 2701 | Solrad 6B, GGSE 2, DODECAPOLE 1 / Porcupine 1, OSCAR 3 , SECOR 3, GGSE 3, Solrad 7B | |
March 11, 1965 | 13:39 | 2E | Thor | 440 | Ablestar-2 AB018 | Transit-O-3, SECOR 2 | |
June 24, 1965 | 22:35 | 2E | Thor | 447 | Ablestar-2 AB019 | Transit O-4 | |
July 17, 1965 | 05:55 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 422 | Agena D SS-01B 2702 | OPS 8411 | |
August 13, 1965 | 22:11 | 2E | Thor | 455 | Ablestar-2 AB020 | Dodecapole 2, Transit O-5, Long Rod, Tempsat 1, Calsphere 4A | |
October 14, 1965 | 13:11 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 435 | Agena D SS-01B 680 | OGO 2 | |
November 29, 1965 | 04:48 | 2E | Thor SLV-2 | 453 | Agena B S-01 6102 | Alouette 2, Explorer 31 | |
February 9, 1966 | 19:45 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 428 | Agena D SS-01B 2703 | Ferret 9 | |
May 15, 1966 | 07:55 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 456 | Agena B S-01 6202 | Nimbus 2 | Weather satellite |
June 24, 1966 | 00:12 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 473 | Agena D SS-01B 631 | Pageos 1 | |
2nd October 1966 | 10:39 | 2E | Thor Delta E | 463 / D41 | ESSA 3 | Weather satellite | |
December 29, 1966 | 12:00 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 459 | Agena D SS-01B 2731 | Ferret 10 | |
January 26, 1967 | 17:31 | 2E | Thor Delta E | 472 / D45 | ESSA 4 | Weather satellite | |
April 20, 1967 | 11:21 | 2E | Thor Delta E | 484 / D48 | ESSA 5 | Weather satellite | |
May 24, 1967 | 14:05 | 2E | Thor Delta E1 | 486 / D49 | Explorer 34 | ||
May 31, 1967 | 2W | Thor SLV-2 | 443 | Agena D SS-01B 2704 | Calsphere 4, GGSE 5, Calsphere 3, GGSE 4, Timation 1 | ||
July 25, 1967 | 03:48 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 496 | Agena D SS-01B 2732 | Ferret 11 | |
July 28, 1967 | 14:21 | 2E | Thor SLV-2A | 478 | Agena D SS-01B 680 | OGO 4 | |
November 10, 1967 | 17:53 | 2E | Thor Delta E1 | 480 / D54 | ESSA 6 | Weather satellite | |
January 11, 1968 | 16:16 | 2E | Thor Delta E1 | 454 / D56 | Explorer 36 | ||
17th January 1968 | 10:12 | 2W | Thor SLV-2A | 498 | Agena D 2733 | Ferret 12 | |
May 18, 1968 | 08:23 | 2E | Thorad SLV-2G | 520 | Agena D 6221 | Nimbus B | Weather satellite |
4th July 1968 | 17:26 | 2E | Thor Delta J. | 476 / D57 | Explorer 38 | ||
16th August 1968 | 11:24 | 2E | Thor Delta N | 528 / D58 | ESSA 7 | Weather satellite | |
15th December 1968 | 17:21 | 2E | Thor Delta N | 532 / D62 | ESSA 8 | Weather satellite | |
January 30, 1969 | 06:46 | 2E | Thor Delta E1 | 485 / D65 | Isis 1 | ||
April 14, 1969 | 07:54 | 2E | Thorad SLV-2G | 543 | Agena D 6222 | Nimbus 3, SECOR 13 | Weather satellite |
5th June 1969 | 14:42 | 2E | Thorad SLV-2H | 526 | Agena D 6803 | OGO 6 | |
June 21, 1969 | 08:47 | 2W | Thor Delta E1 | 482 / D69 | Explorer 41 | ||
January 23, 1970 | 11:31 | 2W | Thor Delta N6 | 542 / D76 | ITOS 1, OSCAR 5 | ||
4th February 1970 | 02:59 | 2E | Thorad SLV-2G | 534 | Agena D | SERT 2A | |
April 8, 1970 | 08:17 | 2E | Thorad SLV-2G | 553 | Agena D 6223 | Nimbus 4, TOPO 1 | Weather satellite |
December 11, 1970 | 11:35 | 2W | Thor Delta N6 | 546 / D81 | NOAA 1, CEPE | Weather satellite | |
April 1, 1971 | 02:57 | 2E | Thor Delta E1 | 491 / D84 | Isis 2 | ||
October 21, 1971 | 11:32 | 2E | Thor Delta N6 | 572 / D86 | ITOS B | ||
January 31, 1972 | 17:20 | 2E | Thor Delta L | 564 / D87 | HEOS 2 | ||
March 12, 1972 | 01:55 | 2E | Thor Delta N | 573 / D88 | TD-1A | ||
July 23, 1972 | 18:06 | 2W | Delta 0900 574 | D89 | Landsat 1 | ||
October 15, 1972 | 17:19 | 2W | Delta 0300 575 | D91 | NOAA 2, OSCAR 6 | Weather satellite | |
December 11, 1972 | 07:56 | 2W | Delta 0900 577 | D93 | Nimbus 5 | Weather satellite | |
July 16, 1973 | 17:10 | 2W | Delta 0300 578 | D96 | ITOS E | ||
November 6, 1973 | 17:02 | 2W | Delta 0300 576 | D98 | NOAA 3 | Weather satellite | |
16th December 1973 | 06:18 | 2W | Delta 1900 585 | D99 | Explorer 51 | ||
15th November 1974 | 17:11 | 2W | Delta 2310 592 | D104 | NOAA 4, OSCAR 7 , Intasat 1 | ||
22nd January 1975 | 17:55 | 2W | Delta 2910 598 | D107 | Landsat 2 | ||
April 9, 1975 | 23:58 | 2W | Delta 1410 584 | D109 | Geos 3 | ||
June 12, 1975 | 08:12 | 2W | Delta 2910 595 | D111 | Nimbus 6 | Weather satellite | |
August 9, 1975 | 01:48 | 2W | Delta 2913 602 | D113 | COS-B | ||
October 6, 1975 | 09:00 | 2W | Delta 2910 600 | D115 | Explorer 54 | ||
May 4th 1976 | 08:00 | 2W | Delta 2913 609 | D123 | Locationless | ||
July 29, 1976 | 17:07 | 2W | Delta 2310 605 | D126 | NOAA 5 | Weather satellite | |
March 5th 1978 | 17:54 | 2W | Delta 2910 621 | D139 | Landsat 3, OSCAR 8 | ||
October 24, 1978 | 08:15 | 2W | Delta 2910 630 | D145 | Nimbus 7, CAMEO | Weather satellite | |
3rd August 1981 | 09:56 | 2W | Delta 3913 642 | D155 | DE-1, DE-2 (Explorer 62, 63) | ||
October 6, 1981 | 11:27 | 2W | Delta 2310 639 | D157 | SME, OSCAR 9 | ||
July 16, 1982 | 17:59 | 2W | Delta 3920 648 | D163 | Landsat 4 | ||
January 26, 1983 | 02:17 | 2W | Delta 3910 650 | D166 | IRAS, PIX 2 | ||
May 26, 1983 | 15:18 | 2W | Delta 3914 | D169 | Exosate | ||
March 1, 1984 | 17:59 | 2W | Delta 3920 | D174 | Landsat 5 , OSCAR 11 | ||
November 18, 1989 | 14:34 | 2W | Delta 5920-8 | D189 | COBE | ||
November 4th 1995 | 14:22 | 2W | Delta 7920-10 | D229 | Radarsat, SURFSAT | ||
February 24, 1996 | 11:24 | 2W | Delta 7925-10 | D233 | Polar | ||
April 24, 1996 | 12:27 | 2W | Delta 7920-10 | D235 | MSX | ||
May 5, 1997 | 14:55 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D242 | Iridium 4-8 | Iridium communication satellites | |
July 9, 1997 | 13:04 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D244 | Iridium 15, 17-18, 20-21 | Iridium communication satellites | |
August 21, 1997 | 00:38 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D246 | Iridium 22-26 | Iridium communication satellites | |
September 27, 1997 | 01:23 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D248 | Iridium 19, 34-37 | Iridium communication satellites | |
November 9, 1997 | 01:34 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D250 | Iridium 38-41, 43 | Iridium communication satellites | |
December 20, 1997 | 13:16 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D251 | Iridium 45-49 | Iridium communication satellites | |
February 18, 1998 | 13:58 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D254 | Iridium 50, 52-54, 56 | Iridium communication satellites | |
March 30, 1998 | 06:02 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D255 | Iridium 55, 57-60 | Iridium communication satellites | |
May 17, 1998 | 21:16 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D257 | Iridium 70, 72-75 | Iridium communication satellites | |
September 8, 1998 | 21:13 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D260 | Iridium 77, 79-82 | Iridium communication satellites | |
November 6, 1998 | 13:37 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D262 | Iridium 2, 83-86 | Iridium communication satellites | |
February 23, 1999 | 10:29 | 2W | Delta 7920-10 | D267 | ARGOS , Ørsted , OSCAR 35 | ||
April 15, 1999 | 18:32 | 2W | Delta 7920-10 | D268 | Landsat 7 | ||
March 25, 2000 | 20:34 | 2W | Delta 7326-9 | IMAGE | |||
November 21, 2000 | 2W | Delta 7320-10 | D282 | EO-1, Munin, SAC-C | |||
October 18, 2001 | 18:51 | 2W | Delta 7320-10 | D288 | QuickBird | Earth observation satellite | |
December 7, 2001 | 15:07 | 2W | Delta 7920-10 | D289 | Jason 1 , TIMED | ||
February 11, 2002 | 17:43 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D290 | Iridium 90-91, 94-96 | Iridium communication satellites | |
May 4, 2002 | 09:54 | 2W | Delta 7920-10L | D291 | Aqua | ||
January 13, 2003 | 00:45 | 2W | Delta 7320-10 | D294 | ICESat , CHIPSat | ||
April 20, 2004 | 16:57 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D304 | Gravity Probe B | ||
July 15, 2004 | 10:02 | 2W | Delta 7920-10L | D306 | aura | Earth observation satellite | |
May 20, 2005 | 10:22 | 2W | Delta 7320-10C | D312 | NOAA 18 | Weather satellite | |
April 28, 2006 | 10:02 | 2W | Delta 7420-10C | D314 | CloudSat , CALIPSO | ||
December 14, 2006 | 21:00 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D322 | USA 193 | ||
June 8, 2007 | 02:34 | 2W | Delta 7420-10C | D324 | COSMO 1 | ||
September 18, 2007 | 18:35 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D326 | WorldView-1 | ||
December 9, 2007 | 02:31 | 2W | Delta 7420-10 | D330 | COSMO 2 | ||
June 20, 2008 | 07:46 | 2W | Delta 7320-10 | D334 | Jason 2 | ||
September 6, 2008 | 18:51 | 2W | Delta 7420-10 | D335 | GeoEye-1 | ||
October 25, 2008 | 02:28 | 2W | Delta 7420-10 | D336 | COSMO 3 | ||
February 6, 2009 | 10:22 | 2W | Delta 7320-XC | D338 | NOAA 19 | Weather satellite | |
May 5, 2009 | 20:24 | 2W | Delta 7920-XC | S341 | USA 205 | ||
October 8, 2009 | 18:51 | 2W | Delta 7920-X | D345 | WorldView-2 | Earth observation satellite | |
December 14, 2009 | 14:09 | 2W | Delta 7320-10 | D347 | WISE | ||
November 6, 2010 | 02:20 | 2W | Delta 7420-10 | D350 | COSMO 4 | ||
June 10, 2011 | 14:20 | 2W | Delta 7320-10C | D354 | SAC-D | ||
October 28, 2011 | 09:48 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D357 | Suomi NPP | ||
2nd July 2014 | 09:56 | 2W | Delta 7320-10C | D367 | OCO 2 | Research satellite | |
January 31, 2015 | 14:22 | 2W | Delta 7320-10C | D-370 | SMAP , Firebird II-A, Firebird II-A, Grifex, ExoCube | Earth observation satellite and four small satellites | |
18th November 2017 | 09:47 | 2W | Delta 7920-10C | D-378 |
JPSS-1 Fox-1B another |
Environmental satellite Amateur radio satellite Small satellite |
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15th September 2018 | 13:02 | 2W | Delta 7320-10C | D-381 |
ICESat-2 more |
Earth observation satellite, small satellite |
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2020 (expected) | 2W | Firefly Alpha | ? | (First flight) | |||
2020 (planned) | 2W | Firefly Alpha | Carbonite-4 | Experimental satellite |
Web links
- Vandenberg SLC2E in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Clark: Firefly's commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg. In: Spaceflight Now. May 2, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018 .
- ^ Jeff Foust: Commercial, not government, demand will drive size of small launch vehicle market. In: Spacenews. May 8, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ^ Jeff Foust: SSTL orders launches from Firefly Aerospace. In: Spacenews. June 4, 2018, accessed May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Carbonate 4 (CBNT 4). In: Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .