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Space Launch Complex 10W

A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.31 launches have flown from it since January 1965, 29 of 31 successfully.

Launches
31
Success rate
93.5% 29/31
Failures
2
First flight
1965-01-19
Latest flight
1980-07-15
Busiest year
1965 4 flights
Fastest turnaround
49d 3h 16m

Location

Space Launch Complex 10W

Pad record

Coordinates
34.7653° N
120.6244° W
Map
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Status
Retired
Spaceport
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Country
United States
LL2 pad tally
31 upstream count
Reference
Wikipedia

About this pad

Space Launch Complex 10, or Missile Launch Complex 10, is located on Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California. It was built in 1958 to test ballistic missiles and developed into a space launching facility in 1963.

Vehicles flown

5 types
Thor Burner 2 12Thor Burner 2A 8Thor DSV-2U 5Thor Burner 1 4Thor MG-18 2

Launches per year

decided flights
1965Peak 1965, 4 launches1980

Orbits delivered

2 destinations
Sun-Synchronous Orbit 29Polar Orbit 2

Flight record

31 flights
DateMissionVehicleOperatorOrbitOutcome
1980-07-15Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F5Thor DSV-2U–Sun-Synchronous OrbitFailure
1979-06-06Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F4Thor DSV-2U–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1978-05-01Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F3Thor DSV-2U–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1977-06-05Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F2Thor DSV-2U–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1976-09-11Thor DSV-2U | DMSP-5D1 F1Thor DSV-2U–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1976-02-19Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F3Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1975-05-24Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F2Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1974-08-09Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5C F1Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1974-03-16Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F5Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1973-08-17Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F4Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1972-11-09Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F3Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1972-03-24Thor Burner 2A | DMSP-5B F2Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1971-10-14Thor Burner 2A | DSAP-5B F1Thor Burner 2A–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1971-06-08Thor Burner 2 | SESP 1Thor Burner 2–Polar OrbitSuccess
1971-02-17Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F3Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1970-09-03Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F2Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1970-02-11Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-5A F1Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1969-07-23Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F3Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1968-10-23Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1968-05-23Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F1Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1967-10-11Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F4Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1967-08-23Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F3Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1967-06-29Thor Burner 2 | Aurora 1 & SECOR 9Thor Burner 2–Polar OrbitSuccess
1967-02-08Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F2Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1966-09-16Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F1Thor Burner 2–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1966-03-31Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F3Thor Burner 1–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1966-01-07Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F2Thor Burner 1–Sun-Synchronous OrbitFailure
1965-09-10Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F1Thor Burner 1–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1965-05-20Thor Burner 1 | OPS 8386Thor Burner 1–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1965-03-18Thor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F11Thor MG-18–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
1965-01-19Thor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F10Thor MG-18–Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess

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