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Space Launch Complex 8
A launch pad at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.11 launches have flown from it since January 2000, 9 of 10 successfully.
Launches
11
Success rate
90.0% 9/10
Failures
1
First flight
2000-01-27
Latest flight
2026-04-07
Busiest year
2000 2 flights
Fastest turnaround
25d 21h 43m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 34.5763° N
120.6325° W - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- United States Air Force
- LL2 pad tally
- 10 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8), is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It is used by Minotaur rockets. It was originally part of the California Spaceport, and was known as the Commercial Launch Facility (CLF) or Space Launch Facility (SLF).
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
3 typesLaunches per year
decided flights2000Peak 2000, 2 launches2026
Orbits delivered
4 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 6Polar Orbit 1Sun-Synchronous Orbit 1Unknown 1
Scheduled
1 undecided| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-06-30 | Minotaur IV | EWS OD-1 | Minotaur IV | – | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
Excluded from every count and rate above. Dates are as recorded at the last build, when the most recent decided flight was 2026-04-07.
Flight record
10 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | Minotaur IV | STP-S29A | Minotaur IV | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-04-16 | Minotaur IV | NROL-174 | Minotaur IV | Northrop Grumman | Unknown | Success |
| 2011-03-04 | Minotaur-C (Taurus XL) | Glory | Minotaur | Northrop Grumman | – | Failure |
| 2011-02-06 | Minotaur I | NROL-66 (RPP) (USA-225) | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2010-09-26 | Minotaur IV | SBSS (USA-216) | Minotaur IV | Northrop Grumman | – | Success |
| 2006-04-15 | Minotaur I | COSMIC 1-6 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2005-09-23 | Minotaur I | STP-R1 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2005-04-11 | Minotaur I | XSS-11 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2000-07-19 | Minotaur I | Sindri | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2000-01-27 | Minotaur I | JAWSAT & FalconSat 1 | Minotaur I | Northrop Grumman | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.