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11111111111 VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY Prepared by the lSTRAD Office of History (HO) (Revised March i9B3) LAUNCH FACILITY Bldq ACCEPTANCE DATE BY AIR FORCE• DATE OF FIRST LAUNCH PRESENT STATUS ORIGINAL PURPOSE CURRENT OR (I.AST) USE FORMER DESIGNATION REMARKS 1620 SLC-2E 25 Jul 58 16 Dec 58** Decommis- THOR IRSM (THOR/DELTA) 75-1-1 FIRST VANDENBERG MISSILE LAUNCH** (soft) sioned & stripped (Space) First space launch - 16 Jun 61 Last Launch - 11 Mar 72 Transferred to NASA 1623 SLC-2W (soft) 25 Jul 58 17 Sep 59 Active IBOR IRBM IBOR/DELTA Space 75-1-2 First space launch - 28 Aug 62 Transferred to NASA 1642 SLC-lE (soft) 1 Oct 58 25 Jun 59 Decommis~ sioned & stripped IBOR/AGENA Space (IBORAD/AGENA) (Space) 75-3-5 Last launch - 18 Sep 68 1635 SLC-IW (soft) I Oct 58 28 Feb 59 IBOR/AGENA Space (IBORAD/ AGENA) (Space) 75-3-4 FIRST VANDENBERG SPACE LAUNCH and the world's first polar-orbiting satellite. Last Iaw1ch-14 Dec 71 1651 SLC-lOE (soft) 29 Oct 58 16 .Jun 59 Inactive IBOR IRBM (TI/OR) (Training) 75-2-7 LE-7 Last launch - 19 Mar 62 (RAF CTL) 1658 SLC-lOW 29 Oct 58 14 Aug 59 Inactive IBOR IRBM (IBOR/BLOCK 50) 75-2-6 Defense Meteorological Satellite (soft) (Space) LE-6 Program - Previously launched with 4300 B-6 Thor/Burner I/II. First Block 50-1 11 Sep 76 - Last 14 Jul 80 1661 LE-8 (soft) 29 Oct 58 16 A1:r 59 Decomrnis­ sioned & stripped IBOR IRBM (IBOR IRBM) (RAF CTL) 75-2-8 FIRST WEAPON SYSTEM TRAINING LAUNCH RAF/Thor IWST program. Final RAF and Thor IRBM launch -­ 18 Jun 62 1799 BMRS A-1 (soft) 14 May 58 26 Oct 62 Decornmis­ sioned & stripped ATLAS D ICBM (ATLAS F) (Space) 576 A-1 4300 A-1 ABRES A-1 -----­ First ABRES launch - 4 Nov 63 First space launch - 27 May 65 Last launch - 8 Sep 74 ... ·-· ·­ ... •Acceptance of "Brick and Mortar" prior to Installation and Checkout (I&C) of aerospace equipment. INDEX - page 8 •*Underlined launch dates coincide with emphasized remarks. GLOSSARY - page 7