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Vandenberg SLTF

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Titan launch silo. Lift Test Facility.

Country: USA
Launch Vehicles: Titan I
Launch Sites: Vandenberg

Chronology

1 event

1961 May 3

Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLTF. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan I.

Demonstration launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 60 km (37 mi). The 6565th Test Wing (Development) successfully conducted the first launch of a Titan (VS-1) from an underground silo at Vandenberg AFB. The nation's first silo launch of a Titan I at Vandenberg AFB..