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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Operator: USA. Country: USA. Latitude: 32.91771 deg. Longitude: -118.48698 deg. Military facility on the California Channel Islands, used for rocket launches in support of other missile tests from Vandenberg or Point Mugu. In use from 1957. Known to have been used for 10 launches from 1958 to 1984, reaching up to 672 kilometers altitude. Later plans were made for an off-shore launch platform here for the Starstruck vehicle. Launch Pads General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1958 March 23 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Popup test Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1958 April 11 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1958 July 1 - Launch Vehicle: X-17. X-17 Winder 2 FAILURE: Failure. Argus test Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1958 July 1 - Launch Vehicle: X-17. X-17 Winder 3 FAILURE: Failure. Argus test Agency: USN. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). 1958 July 2 - Launch Vehicle: X-17. X-17 Winder 1 Argus test Agency: USN. Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). 1958 July 24 - Launch Vehicle: X-17. X-17 Winder 4 Argus test Agency: USN. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). 1960 April 14 - 22:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X Underwater test Agency: USN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1960 June 30 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). 1960 August 24 - 20:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. | |