Vandenberg Launch Facility 3

34°50′46″N 120°34′52″W / 34.846050°N 120.581012°W / 34.846050; -120.581012Short nameLF-03OperatorUnited States ArmyLaunch pad(s)1
Launch history
StatusActive
Associated
rockets		Minuteman, Ground-Based Interceptor

Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 03 (LF-03) 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 missile series. In the 2000s the silo was remodeled into a launch site for an Interceptor for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.[1]


See also

Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 02

References

  1. ^ "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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34°50′46″N 120°34′51″W / 34.8460°N 120.5809°W / 34.8460; -120.5809


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