Vandenberg Launch Facility 2
Launch history | |
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Status | Active |
Launches | 72 |
Associated rockets | Minuteman, GBI |
Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 02 (LF-02) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB, California, USA. It was a launch site for the land-based Minuteman and Peacekeeper missile series. In the 2000s the silo was remodeled into a launch site for an Interceptor for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.[1]
Launches at LF-02
Date | Launch Facility# | System | Nickname |
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16-Jan-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | DOUBLE BARREL |
24-Feb-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | SNAP ROLL |
23-Mar-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | BIG TREE |
7-May-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | BLACK WASP |
15-Jun-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | CRUSH PROOF |
7-Jul-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | FIVE POINTS |
10-Sep-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | HOT ROOF |
6-Nov-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | ORANGE CHUTE |
9-Dec-64 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | NICKED BLADE |
2-Feb-65 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | RED BRIDGE |
16-Mar-65 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | TAIL FIN |
13-Apr-65 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | SEA POINT |
10-Jun-65 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | SPEED KING |
8-Mar-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | BAIT CAN |
4-Apr-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | FLY BURNER |
2-May-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | LACE STRAP |
2-Jun-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | FOUR ACES |
13-Jul-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | YOUNG LION |
16-Aug-66 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | GIBSON GIRL |
28-Apr-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | BUSY MUMMY |
19-May-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | BUSY GIANT |
28-Jun-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | |
15-Jul-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | GIN BABY I |
3-Nov-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | GIN BABY II |
8-Dec-67 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN IB | GIN BABY IV |
29-Jan-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN II | SPEC TEST 1 |
11-Apr-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | -- |
29-May-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | -- |
13-Sep-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
15-Oct-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
31-Oct-69 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
22-Apr-70 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
8-May-70 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
17-Jun-70 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
28-Jul-70 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | |
25-Sep-70 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | Old Fox 02M |
16-Feb-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | Old Fox 05M |
27-May-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 03GM |
8-Jul-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 04GM |
3-Sep-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 05GM |
15-Oct-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 06GM |
22-Nov-71 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 08GM |
26-Jan-72 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 11GM |
11-Jun-72 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 14GM |
20-Oct-72 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN II | GLORY TRIP 110M |
4-Dec-72 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 41GM |
17-Apr-73 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN II | GLORY TRIP 112M |
5-Sep-73 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 43GM |
2-Apr-74 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN II | GLORY TRIP 119M |
2-May-74 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 44GM |
17-Aug-74 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | GLORY TRIP 45GM |
7-Oct-74 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN II | GLORY TRIP 118M |
16-May-75 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | STM-9W |
26-Jul-75 | LF-02 | MINUTEMAN III | STM-10W |
23-Aug-86 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | FTM-15 |
5-Dec-86 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | FTM-14 |
14-Sep-89 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 01PA |
12-Mar-91 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 05PA |
17-Sep-91 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 07PA |
30-Jun-92 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 09PA |
4-Mar-93 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 11PA |
15-Sep-93 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 13PA |
17-May-94 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 15PA |
19-Jan-95 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 17PA |
30-Aug-95 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 19PA |
30-May-96 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 21PA |
6-Nov-96 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 23PA |
5-Nov-97 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 26PA |
10-Mar-99 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 28PA |
27-Jul-01 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 30PA |
3-Jun-02 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 31PA |
12-Mar-03 | LF-02 | PEACEKEEPER | GLORY TRIP 32PA |
References
- ^ "Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) - Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-05.
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