Retired 🇺🇸United States
Space Launch Complex 5
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.69 launches have flown from it since April 1962, 60 of 69 successfully.
Launches
69
Success rate
87.0% 60/69
Failures
9
First flight
1962-04-26
Latest flight
1994-05-09
Busiest year
1966 7 flights
Fastest turnaround
11d 17h
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.6080° N
120.6247° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- LL2 pad tally
- 69 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Space Launch Complex 5 (SLC-5) was a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It was previously part of the Point Arguello Naval Air Station, during which time it was designated Launch Complex D or LC-D. Constructed in 1961, it was used by 69 Scout launch vehicles between 1962 and 1994.
Vehicles flown
14 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1962Peak 1966, 7 launches1994
Orbits delivered
4 destinationsPolar Orbit 34Low Earth Orbit 23Elliptical Orbit 6Sun-Synchronous Orbit 6
Flight record
69 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-05-09 | Scout G-1 | MSTI-2 | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1993-06-25 | Scout G-1 | RADCAL | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1992-11-21 | Scout G-1 | MSTI-1 | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1992-07-03 | Scout G-1 | SAMPEX | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1991-06-29 | Scout G-1 | REX | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1990-05-09 | Scout G-1 | MACSAT 1 & 2 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1988-08-25 | Scout G-1 | Transit-O 25,31 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1988-06-16 | Scout G-1 | Nova 2 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1988-04-26 | Scout G-1 | Transit-O 23,32 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1987-09-16 | Scout G-1 | Transit-O 27,29 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1986-11-14 | Scout G-1 | Polar Bear | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-08-03 | Scout G-1 | Transit-O 24,30 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1984-10-12 | Scout G-1 | Nova 3 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1983-06-27 | Scout D-1 | HILAT | Scout D-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-05-15 | Scout G-1 | Nova 1 | Scout G-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1979-10-30 | Scout G-1 | Magsat | Scout G-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1978-04-26 | Scout D-1 | HCMM | Scout D-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-10-28 | Scout D-1 | Transat O-11 | Scout D-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1976-09-01 | Scout D-1 | TIP 3 | Scout D-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1976-05-22 | Scout B-1 | Wideband | Scout B-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-12-06 | Scout F-1 | DAD-A & B | Scout F-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1975-10-12 | Scout D-1 | TIP 2 | Scout D-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1974-08-30 | Scout D-1 | ANS | Scout D-1 | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1974-07-16 | Scout D-1 | Aeros 2 | Scout D-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1974-06-03 | Scout E-1 | Hawkeye 1 | Scout E-1 | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1974-03-09 | Scout D-1 | Miranda | Scout D-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1973-10-30 | Scout A-1 | Transit-O 20 | Scout A-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1972-12-16 | Scout D-1 | Aeros 1 | Scout D-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1972-11-22 | Scout D-1 | ESRO 4 | Scout D-1 | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1972-09-02 | Scout B-1 | Triad 1 | Scout B-1 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1971-12-11 | Scout B-1 | Ariel 4 | Scout B-1 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-08-27 | Scout A | Transit-O 19 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1969-11-08 | Scout B | Azur | Scout B | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1969-10-01 | Scout B | ESRO 1B (Boreas) | Scout B | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-10-03 | Scout B | ESRO 1A (Aurorae) | Scout B | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1968-08-08 | Scout B | Explorer 39 | Scout B | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1968-05-17 | Scout B | ESRO 2B | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1968-03-02 | Scout A | Transit-O 18 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-12-05 | Scout B | OV3-6 | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-09-25 | Scout A | Transit-O 14 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-05-30 | Scout B | ESRO 2A | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1967-05-18 | Scout A | Transit-O 13 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-05-05 | Scout A | Ariel 3 | Scout A | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-04-14 | Scout A | Transit-O 12 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1967-01-31 | Scout B | OV3-5 | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1966-10-28 | Scout B | OV3-2 | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-08-18 | Scout A | Transit-O 10 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-08-04 | Scout B | OV3-3 | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-05-19 | Scout A | Transit-O 9 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-04-22 | Scout B | OV3-1 | Scout B | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-03-26 | Scout A | Transit-O 8 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1966-01-28 | Scout A | Transit-O 7 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-12-22 | Scout A | Transit-O 6 | Scout A | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1965-12-06 | Scout X-4 | FR-1 | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-11-21 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25 | Scout X-4 | – | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1964-10-10 | Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer B | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-08-25 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 20 | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1964-06-25 | Scout X-4 | ESRS | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1964-06-04 | Scout X-4 | Transit VC | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-12-19 | Scout X-4 | Explorer 19 | Scout X-4 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1963-09-27 | Scout X-2B | DSAP-1 F5 | Scout X-2B | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-06-16 | Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 3 | Scout X-3 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1963-04-26 | Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F4 | Scout X-2M | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-04-05 | Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 2 | Scout X-3 | – | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 1963-02-19 | Scout X-3M | DSAP-1 F3 | Scout X-3M | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1962-12-19 | Scout X-3 | Transit-5A 1 | Scout X-3 | – | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 1962-08-23 | Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F2 | Scout X-2M | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1962-05-24 | Scout X-2M | DSAP-1 F1 | Scout X-2M | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 1962-04-26 | Scout X-2 | SOLRAD 4B | Scout X-2 | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.