Retired 🇺🇸United States
Space Launch Complex 2E
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.47 launches have flown from it since June 1961, 41 of 47 successfully.
Launches
47
Success rate
87.2% 41/47
Failures
6
First flight
1961-06-16
Latest flight
1972-03-12
Busiest year
1963 6 flights
Fastest turnaround
25d 17h 2m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.7516° N
120.6192° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- United States Air Force
- LL2 pad tally
- 47 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
SLC-2E, was used for Delta, Thor-Agena and Thorad launches between 1966 and 1972 and has been demolished
Vehicles flown
14 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1961Peak 1963, 6 launches1972
Orbits delivered
5 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 20Polar Orbit 11Sun-Synchronous Orbit 9Elliptical Orbit 3Medium Earth Orbit 1
Flight record
47 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-03-12 | Thor Delta N | TD-1A | Thor Delta N | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1972-01-31 | Thor Delta L | HEOS 2 | Thor Delta L | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1971-10-21 | Thor Delta N6 | ITOS B | Thor Delta N6 | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 1971-04-01 | Thor Delta E1 | Isis 2 | Thor Delta E1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-04-08 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 4 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1970-02-04 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | SERT 2 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1969-06-05 | Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | OGO 6 | Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1969-04-14 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1969-01-30 | Thor Delta E1 | Isis 1 | Thor Delta E1 | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1968-12-15 | Thor Delta N | ESSA 8 | Thor Delta N | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1968-08-16 | Thor Delta N | ESSA 7 | Thor Delta N | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1968-07-04 | Thor Delta J | RAE 1 | Thor Delta J | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-05-18 | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus B | Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 1968-01-11 | Thor Delta E1 | GEOS B | Thor Delta E1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-11-10 | Thor Delta E1 | ESSA 6 | Thor Delta E1 | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1967-07-28 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 4 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-05-24 | Thor Delta E1 | IMP F | Thor Delta E1 | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1967-04-20 | Thor Delta E | ESSA 5 | Thor Delta E | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1967-01-26 | Thor Delta E | ESSA 4 | Thor Delta E | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1966-10-02 | Thor Delta E | ESSA 3 | Thor Delta E | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1966-06-24 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Pageos | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-05-15 | Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2 | Thor SLV-2A Agena B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-11-29 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Alouette 2 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-10-14 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 2 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1965-08-13 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 5 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-06-24 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 4 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-03-11 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 3 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1964-12-21 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Quill 1 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-11-18 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 14 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-08-28 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Nimbus 1 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1964-06-19 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 7 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-04-21 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 3 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1964-01-25 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Echo 2 | Thor SLV-2 Agena B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-12-05 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1963-09-28 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit 5BN-1 | Thor DM-21 Ablestar | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1963-07-19 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 23 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-06-15 | Thor Agena D | Poppy 4A & 4B | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-04-26 | Thor Agena D | KH-5 8 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-01-07 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 18 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-13 | Thor Agena D | Poppy 3A & 3B | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-09-29 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Alouette 1 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-08-02 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 10 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-06-28 | Thor Agena D | KH-4 7 | Thor Agena D | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1962-05-30 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 4 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1961-11-05 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 34 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Partial failure |
| 1961-09-17 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 31 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Success |
| 1961-06-16 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 25 | Thor DM-21 Agena-B | – | – | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.