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Launch Complex: 576B3.
Vandenberg. Old Name: ABRESB3. Latitude: 34.7899 deg. Longitude: -120.5960 deg. Used by: Atlas. First Launch: 1960-09-12. Last Launch: 1967-10-11. Number Launches: 22. Originally an Atlas 576 SMS ICBM pad. Upgraded for use as ABRES pad in 1965.

576B3 Chronology

1960 September 12 - 20:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 47D FAILURE: Failure. Initial operational capability demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1960 October 13 - 04:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 81D FAILURE: Failure. Initial operational capability demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).

1960 December 16 - 20:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 99D Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1961 August 23 - 01:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 101D Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1961 December 7 - 21:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 82D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1962 January 23 - 21:28 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 132D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1962 February 21 - 22:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 52D FAILURE: Failure. Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1962 May 12 - 00:31 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 127D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1962 June 26 - 10:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 21D NTMP K-1 Target mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). First launch of an Atlas from Vandenberg AFB as a target for an Army Nike-Zeus from Kwajalein.

1962 August 9 - 22:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 8D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1963 March 10 - 02:42 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 102D FAILURE: Failure. Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 0 km ( mi).

1963 August 28 - 23:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 142D ST COOL WATER II test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1963 October 7 - 21:31 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 163D FAILURE: Failure. ST COOL WATER V test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

1965 January 21 - 21:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 172D FAILURE: Failure. OV1-01 Mass: 85 kg (187 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Failure.

1965 March 12 - 23:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 154D ABRES MTV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).

1965 May 28 - 02:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 68D / OV-1 FAILURE: Failure. OV1-03 Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF AFSC.

1965 October 5 - 09:07 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 34D NB20.170 RS OV1-02 Mass: 86 kg (189 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF OAR. Perigee: 408 km (253 mi). Apogee: 2,735 km (1,699 mi). Inclination: 144.20 deg. Period: 117.60 min. Radiation data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1966 March 30 - 09:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 72D NB20.152 RS OV1-04 Mass: 88 kg (194 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF OAR. Perigee: 884 km (549 mi). Apogee: 1,008 km (626 mi). Inclination: 144.50 deg. Period: 104.00 min. Thermal control experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1966 July 14 - 02:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 58D FAILURE: Partial Failure. OV1-07 Mass: 10 kg (22 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF OAR. Perigee: 985 km (612 mi). Apogee: 1,022 km (635 mi). Inclination: 144.20 deg. Period: 105.20 min. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1966 December 11 - 21:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 89D / OV-1 (2x) OV1-09 Mass: 230 kg (500 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF OAR. Perigee: 475 km (295 mi). Apogee: 4,582 km (2,847 mi). Inclination: 99.10 deg. Period: 139.40 min. Radiation bio-hazard experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1967 July 27 - 19:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 92D FAILURE: Partial Failure. OV1-08S Mass: 118 kg (260 lb). Spacecraft: OV1. Agency: USAF OAR. Perigee: 529 km (328 mi). Apogee: 557 km (346 mi). Inclination: 101.60 deg. Period: 95.50 min. Carried cosmic ray telescope. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A).

1967 October 11 - 11:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 69D ABRES TVX-13 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).


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