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Launch Complex: LF06.
Vandenberg. Old Name: 394A5. Latitude: 34.8811 deg. Longitude: -120.6220 deg. Used by: Minotaur, Minuteman 1, Minuteman 3. First Launch: 1963-04-11. Last Launch: 2007-08-23. Number Launches: 83. Originally a Minuteman 394 SMS silo. Upgraded for use as a Launch Facility in 1964, and later again modified to launch the Peacekeeper.

LF06 Chronology

1963 April 11 - 20:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 534 Research and development launch Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1963 May 8 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 604 Research and development launch Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1963 July 27 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 514 Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1963 October 31 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 664 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1963 November 29 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 642 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1963 December 20 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 515 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 February 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 692 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 May 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 718 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 June 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 715 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 July 27 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 617 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 September 8 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 576 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1964 November 4 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 537 Operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1965 August 24 - 16:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 677 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1966 February 24 - 19:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 529 (63-005) Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1966 March 21 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 569 (63-061) Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1966 May 16 - 14:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 710 (63-175) Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1966 August 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 522 (63-021) FAILURE: Failure. Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

1966 October 3 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 578 Follow-on operational missile test Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1967 June 1 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 757 ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1967 July 13 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 779 ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1968 January 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B (64-011) ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1968 April 24 - 03:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 892 ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1968 May 23 - 05:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 1015 ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1968 December 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B 943 ST Agency: SAC 1STRAD. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1969 September 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B STF-1 FAILURE: Failure. SSTTP 1 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

1969 December 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1B STF-2 SSTTP 2 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1970 July 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-3 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1970 August 28 - 09:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-4 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1970 October 3 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-27 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1970 December 24 - 01:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-12 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1971 January 11 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-30 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1971 February 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-28 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1971 March 17 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-13 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1971 June 27 - 03:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M1-14 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1971 October 8 - 01:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-2 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 March 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-7 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 May 5 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-11 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 July 15 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-15 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 October 28 - 03:23 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. HK-1 Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 December 8 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-21 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1972 December 19 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. HK-3 Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 March 9 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES NTV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 May 4 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-24 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 June 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-22 Target mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 July 21 - 00:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-18 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 August 9 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-20 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 September 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-44 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 November 3 - 00:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-38 operational test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 November 29 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-25 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1973 December 14 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-20A Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1974 January 23 - 02:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-28 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1974 April 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-135 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1974 July 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SSTTP M2-146 Target mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1975 March 6 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Trident SFT-101 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1975 May 9 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-102 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1975 August 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-103 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1975 September 10 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-104 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1976 January 23 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SFT-105 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1976 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. SAMAST III/MINT II re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1977 May 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES TDV-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1977 September 3 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES TDV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1977 November 13 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES TDV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1978 April 5 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES TREP-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1978 July 4 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ANT-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1978 November 27 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ANT-3A re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1979 January 19 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES STREP-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1979 August 3 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES STREP-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1979 September 22 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ABRV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1980 March 15 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ABRV-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1980 September 15 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES STREP-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1980 December 16 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES ABRV-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1981 February 18 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES IRS-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1981 April 4 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES Mk500-PAS-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1981 September 12 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. ABRES Mk500-PAS-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1983 February 7 - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. RSLP STREP-11 (HOE) re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1987 April 2 - 08:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. IPMS Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

1987 September 1 - 07:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. IPMS Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

2000 May 28 - 20:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV Demo OSPTLV 1 Target mission Agency: USAF AFMC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). OSP-TLV (TLV-Demo) Missile Defense Technology

2001 December 4 - 04:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-1 IFT-7 GMDS target mission Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). Instead of Lockheed Martin’s Multi-Service Launch System, Orbital’s Target Launch Vehicle was used (both being versions of surplus Minuteman 2 ICBM's). The target set, a mock warhead and a single decoy, did not change.

2002 October 15 - 02:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-3 GMDS (OSP/TLV-4?) target mission Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). ABM target, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base towards the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein. The target suite consisted of a mock warhead and a number of decoys.

2002 December 11 - 08:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-4 GMDS (OSP/TLV-5?) target mission Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi). ABM target.This was to have been the first night-test of the GMDS, and presumably the decoy suite was more complex than previously used.

2007 March 21 - 04:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-5 FTX-02 SBR Target Agency: USAF AFSPC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

2007 August 23 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Minotaur 2 TLV-7 TLV-7 Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Mission 2a sensor target for the NFIRE satellite. The Minotaur II, a three-stage refurbished Minuteman 2 missile with a new guidance and payload section, was aimed to pass within 4 and 20 km of the NFIRE satellite while its third stage motor was burning, to allow NFIRE's sensors to characterize the the rocket and its exhaust. The Missile Defense Agency reported that Mission 2a was successful.


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