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Taurus rocket on LC-576E Atlas ICBM sequence images of missile erection, fueling, and launch at Vandenberg AFB, California. Launch Complex 576 is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The pads were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles. The site was also known as Complex ABRES. [1]
Vandenberg Space Force Base, located at Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County, California, is home to the United States' Western Range and is considered the second most active rocket range and spaceport in the country (following Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Florida).
The SM-65F Atlas, or Atlas-F, was the final operational variant of the Atlas missile, only differing from the Atlas E in the launch facility and guidance package used. It first flew on 8 August 1961, [ 1 ] and was deployed as an operational ICBM between 1961 and 1966.
A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.
SM-65D Atlas missile 58-220, F. E. Warren AFB. The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the Atlas missile and the basis for all Atlas space launchers, debuting in 1959. [26] Atlas D weighed 255,950 lb (116,100 kg) (without payload) and had an empty weight of only 11,894 lb (5,395 kg); the other 95.35% was propellant.
Launch Complex 576A, also known as Area 576, is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Air Force Base.The pads at the complex were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles.
Atlas 25D is shown in a sequence of images being erected and launched. Atlas D tests on the West Coast hit a series of snags in the following months as well when IOC testing began. Atlas 25D had flown successfully on April 22 from 576B-1, a coffin silo, after delays following the postflight findings from 51D and 48D. The next attempt was 23D on ...
California State Parks is the state park system for the U.S. state of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department under the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [5]