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1111111111 ■ VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY <1srRAD/110- Ma.:r 93r· - ..,, LAUNCH FACILITY ACCEPTANCE DATE DATE OF FIRST PRESENT ORIGINAL CURRENT OR FORMER Bldg BY AIR FORCE LAUNCH STATIJS PURPOSE (LAST) USE DESIGNATION REMARKS PLC-A 9.J!I 8 Dec 59* 14 Jul 59 PROBE (SUPER LOKI) PALC-A Last launch - 9 Feb 73 (soft) VEHICLES (Weather Probe) Previous Scout Jr launcher Decommis- Space Constructed for AEC sioned & none stripped PALC-B 8 Dec 59* 4 Feb 60 PROBE (KIVA/HOPI) Last launch - 11 May 63 (soft) VEHICLES (Space Probe) Constructed for AEC Space 576-G 193S 18 Mar 60 10 Aug 62 ATLAS F (ATLAS F) OSTF-2 Last launch - 8 Jan 65 Silo-lift (hard) ICBM (Spec Test) 576-F 1836 20 May 60 7 Jun 61 Decommis- ATLAS E (ATLAS E) OSTF-1 Last launch - 27 Aug 64 Coffin Type sioned & ICBM (Nike X) (semi-hard) stripped 576-C 1895 19 Jul 60 3 Jul 63 ATLAS E (ATLAS E) Last launch - 25 Sep 63 Coffin Type ICBM (DASO) (semi-hard) SLTF 188S 10 Aug 60 3 May·61 TITAN I/II (TITAN I/II) FIRST VANDENBERG IN-SILO LAUNCH: a Silo (hard) Decommis- Silo Test (Silo Test) Titan I launched from a prototype sioned & Titan II silo to deternine in-silo stripped launch environment effect on the emplaced missile during liftoff. 395-A LE-1 187S 30 Aug 60 23 Sep 61 TITAN I (TITAN I) Last launch - 8 Dec 64 Silo-lift (hard) Decommis- ICBM (Spec Test) 187,7 sioned & 395-A LE-2 30 Aug 60 30 Mar 63 stripped TITAN I (TITAN I) Last launch - 3 Mar 65 Silo-lift (hard) ICBM (Spec Test) ~Transferred from U.S. Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, to USAF Vandenberg AFB, l July 1964. 3