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Retired 🇺🇸United States

576A2

A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.4 launches have flown from it since April 1968, 4 of 4 successfully.

Launches
4
Success rate
100.0% 4/4
First flight
1968-04-06
Latest flight
1971-08-07
Busiest year
1968 2 flights
Fastest turnaround
96d 9h 30m

Location

576A2

Pad record

Coordinates
34.7394° N
120.6214° W
Map
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Status
Retired
Spaceport
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Country
United States
LL2 pad tally
4 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 type
Atlas F 4

Launches per year

decided flights
1968Peak 1968, 2 launches1971

Orbits delivered

1 destination
Low Earth Orbit 4

Flight record

4 flights
DateMissionVehicleOperatorOrbitOutcome
1971-08-07Atlas F | LOADS 2Atlas F–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1969-03-18Atlas F | OV1-17,18,19Atlas F–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1968-07-11Atlas F | OV1-15Atlas F–Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1968-04-06Atlas F | OV1-13 & 14Atlas F–Low Earth OrbitSuccess

Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.