Retired 🇺🇸United States
576B3
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.7 launches have flown from it since January 1965, 4 of 7 successfully.
Launches
7
Success rate
57.1% 4/7
Failures
3
First flight
1965-01-21
Latest flight
1967-07-27
Busiest year
1965 3 flights
Fastest turnaround
105d 16h 49m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.7897° N
120.5980° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- LL2 pad tally
- 7 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Site 3 was active from 12 September 1960 to 21 January 1965, then was used for the space program from 27 May 1965 to 11 October 1967
Vehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights1965Peak 1965, 3 launches1967
Orbits delivered
1 destinationLow Earth Orbit 7
Flight record
7 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967-07-27 | Atlas D | OV1-11,12,86 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1966-12-11 | Atlas D | OV1-9 & 10 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1966-07-14 | Atlas D | OV1-7 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1966-03-30 | Atlas D | OV1-4 & 5 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-10-05 | Atlas D | OV1-2 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-05-28 | Atlas D | OV1-3 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1965-01-21 | Atlas D | OV1-1 | Atlas D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.