Retired 🇺🇸United States
576A1
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.1 launch have flown from it since October 1972, 1 of 1 successfully.
Launches
1
Success rate
100.0% 1/1
First flight
1972-10-02
Latest flight
1972-10-02
Busiest year
1972 1 flight
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.7394° N
120.6214° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- LL2 pad tally
- 1 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
The very first Atlas D operational ICBM sites, these were above ground with open support towers. These missiles were on alert from 31 October 1959 until 1 May 1964. After going off alert in 1964, Alpha 1 and 2 were used by the USAF for Atlas satellite rocket launches until 1974
Vehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights1972Peak 1972, 1 launch1972
Orbits delivered
1 destinationLow Earth Orbit 1
Flight record
1 flight| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-10-02 | Atlas Burner 2 | Radcat | Atlas Burner 2 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.