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Launch Complex: 576B1.
Vandenberg. Old Name: ABRESB1. Latitude: 34.7934 deg. Longitude: -120.5949 deg. Used by: Atlas. First Launch: 1960-07-22. Last Launch: 1966-06-10. Number Launches: 13. Originally an Atlas 576 SMS ICBM pad. Upgraded for use as ABRES pad in 1965.

576B1 Chronology

1960 July 22 - 23:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 74D FAILURE: Failure. Initial operational capability operational readiness test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1962 July 19 - 11:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 13D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1963 March 15 - 11:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 46D FAILURE: Failure. TALL TREE 1 operational test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi).

1963 July 31 - 20:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 143D ST COOL WATER I test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1963 September 11 - 21:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 84D FAILURE: Failure. ST COOL WATER IV test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,700 km (1,000 mi).

1965 January 12 - 14:32 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 166D NTMP RMV-302 Target mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1965 April 6 - 13:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 150D ABRES WAC-4 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1965 July 1 - 09:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 59D NTMP KX-32 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1965 August 4 - 12:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 183D ABRES WAC-5 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1965 September 29 - 10:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 125D NTMP KX-45 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1966 February 19 - 09:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 73D NTMP KX-47 Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1966 May 13 - 11:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 98D ABRES WAC-5A re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1966 June 10 - 11:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 96D NTMP KX-42 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).


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