Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2

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Space Launch Complex 2
Mobile Service Tower rolls over the Delta II on SLC-2W.jpg
Delta II on SLC-2W with Gravity Probe B
Coordinates 34 ° 45 ′ 16 "  N , 120 ° 37 ′ 11"  W 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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Delta II rocket with SAC-C before launch
SAC-C at the start

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Pad Missile type serial number Upper school Mission / payload Remarks
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
15th September 2018 13:02 2W Delta 7320-10C D-381 ICESat-2
more 		Earth observation satellite,
small satellite
2020 (expected) 2W Firefly Alpha ? (First flight)
2020 (planned) 2W Firefly Alpha Carbonite-4 Experimental satellite

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stephen Clark: Firefly's commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg. In: Spaceflight Now. May 2, 2018, accessed May 3, 2018 .
  2. ^ Jeff Foust: Commercial, not government, demand will drive size of small launch vehicle market. In: Spacenews. May 8, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Jeff Foust: SSTL orders launches from Firefly Aerospace. In: Spacenews. June 4, 2018, accessed May 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Carbonate 4 (CBNT 4). In: Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .