Retired 🇺🇸United States
Space Launch Complex 1E
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.45 launches have flown from it since June 1959, 39 of 45 successfully.
Launches
45
Success rate
86.7% 39/45
Failures
6
First flight
1959-06-25
Latest flight
1968-09-18
Busiest year
1962 7 flights
Fastest turnaround
27d 18h 42m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.7560° N
120.6263° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- United States Air Force
- LL2 pad tally
- 45 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Space Launch Complex 1 East (SLC-1E) was a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It was built in 1958 for the never activated 75th Strategic Missile Squadron for Thor Agena A launches.
Vehicles flown
7 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1959Peak 1962, 7 launches1968
Orbits delivered
2 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 39Polar Orbit 2
Flight record
45 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968-09-18 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 48 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-06-20 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 47 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-03-14 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 46 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-01-24 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 45 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-11-02 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 44 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-08-07 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 43 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-05-09 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 41 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1966-06-21 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 34 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1966-05-03 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 32 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1965-12-09 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 27 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-10-05 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 25 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-09-02 | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | MRPV | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1965-06-09 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 21 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-01-15 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 16 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-11-04 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-698BK Group 3-D 1 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-07-02 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-698BK Group 2-D 2 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-02-28 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-698BK Group 1-A | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-01-11 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-08-29 | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-5 9 | Thor SLV-2 Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-06-29 | Thor SLV-2A Agena B | P-698BK Group 1-D 2 | Thor SLV-2A Agena B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-05-18 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-6 2 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-04-01 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 20 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-02-28 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 19 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-01-16 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-698BK Group 1-D 1 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-14 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 17 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-09-01 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 6 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-07-21 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 8 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-06-18 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 2-D 1 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-05-15 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 5 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-04-18 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 2 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-02-21 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 0-D | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1961-10-23 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 33 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Failure |
| 1961-09-12 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Success |
| 1961-07-07 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 26 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Success |
| 1961-04-08 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-5 2 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1961-02-18 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 21 (MIDAS RM-2) | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Success |
| 1960-12-20 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 19 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-11-12 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 17 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-09-13 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 15 | Thor Agena A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-08-10 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 13 | Thor Agena A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-04-15 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 11 | Thor Agena A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1960-02-19 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 10 | Thor Agena A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1959-11-20 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 8 | Thor Agena A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1959-08-19 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 6 | Thor Agena A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1959-06-25 | Thor Agena A | Discoverer 4 | Thor Agena A | – | Polar Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.