Vandenberg LF04
Launch Facility 04 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Pads: 1. Latitude: 34.8567 N. Longitude: 120.5968 W. Minuteman 1, Minuteman 2, Minuteman 3.

  • 1964 January 23 - Operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 551 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1964 February 29 - Operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 581 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1964 March 31 - Operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 557 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1964 June 29 - Operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 631 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1964 September 1 - Operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 668 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1965 August 25 16:28 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 509 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1965 December 14 17:20 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 516 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1966 February 24 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 629 (63-112) Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1966 March 25 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 649 (63-130) Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1966 May 31 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 622 (63-109) Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1966 August 22 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 621 (63-103) Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1966 September 20 - Follow-on operational missile test Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1. Minuteman 1A 571 (63-068) Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1968 July 8 - GIANT FIST 1 demonstration and shakedown operations launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 FTM-2589 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1968 Oct 24 1700? 17:00 - GIANT FIST 2A demonstration and shakedown operations launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 FTM-2191 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1969 February 2 - Giant Fist 5 demonstration and shakedown operations launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 FTM-2208 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1969 March 12 - GIANT FIST 3 demonstration and shakedown operations launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 FTM-2642 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 June 20 - OT GT27M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Minuteman 2 2338 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 July 18 - OT GT30M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 August 14 - OT GT31M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 October 3 - OT GT46M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 November 2 - OT GT51M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1970 December 7 - OT GT56M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 February 4 - OT GT60M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 February 27 - OT GT80M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 June 4 - OT GT81M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 August 6 - OT GT85M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 September 2 - OT GT29M operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 November 17 - OT GT07GM operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1971 December 17 - OT GT10GM operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1972 February 9 - OT GT13GM operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1972 June 6 - OT GT15GM operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1972 October 3 - FOT GT109M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1973 August 2 - FOT GT113M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1973 September 25 - FOT GT115M-1 Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1973 November 22 - FOT GT42GM-1 Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1974 July 9 - FOT GT120M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1974 October 4 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 PVM-8 Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1974 December 17 - FOT GT121M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1975 January 29 - FOT GT48GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1975 August 14 - FOT GT122M-1 Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1975 September 23 - OSL Test mission Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1976 February 24 - FOT GT124M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1977 June 28 - FOT GT134M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1978 June 2 - FOT GT136M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1979 July 16 - ERCS GIANT MOON 9 operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1979 September 25 - FOT GT138M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1980 February 23 - FOT GT140M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1981 April 1 - FOT GT75GM-2 Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1982 March 18 - FOT GT141MS Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1982 July 19 - FOT GT142M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1983 March 11 - FOT GT93GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1983 September 28 - FOT GT145MS Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1984 February 29 - FOT GT146MS Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1984 October 4 - FOT GT105GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1985 February 6 - FOT GT106GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1985 June 16 - FOT GT108GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1985 September 26 - FOT GT111GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1986 March 15 - FOT GT114GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1986 August 28 - FOT GT117GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1987 March 16 - FOT GT121GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1987 July 7 - FOT GT148M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1987 October 28 - FOT GT150M Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 2. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). The Minuteman II launch took place at sunset and created a spectacular show in the evening sky. Pictures of the event were interpreted to mean that the missile was detonated because it was off course. The flash was visible as far away as Salt Lake City. The Air Force claimed that it was a successful launch, but the alternative LA Weekly later said that it was indeed heading for Los Angeles and was destroyed. However high-altitude contrails and staging events, altered by winds aloft, can produce easily-misinterpreted visual displays.
  • 1988 July 12 - FOT GT128GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1989 February 22 - FOT GT132GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1990 March 24 - FOT GT138GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1990 November 6 - FOT GT142GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1991 September 3 - FOT GT145GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1992 November 4 02:00 - FOT GT150GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Failure. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).
  • 1994 June 8 - FOT GT155GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1994 October 5 08:00 - FOT GT157GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1995 March 17 - FOT GT159GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT159GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1996 June 26 14:59 - FOT GT160GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT160GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1997 May 21 08:27 - FOT GT164GM/SHARP Re-entry Vehicle test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT164GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 1998 February 20 08:23 - FOT GT166GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Failure. Minuteman 3 GT166GB Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).
  • 1999 February 10 08:06 - FOT GT169GM Follow-on Test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT169GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 2000 September 28 10:01 - RCT-2 FOT, 20 decoys/Target missile Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT173GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 2001 November 7 08:15 - GT176GM Functional Dependency gate operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT175GB Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Successful Minuteman 3 operational test flew from Vandenberg to Kwajalein.
  • 2002 September 20 02:31 - GT180GM Functional Dependency gate operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Minuteman 3 GT180GM Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 2003 June 11 08:01 - GT182GM Functional Dependency gate operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
  • 2006 June 14 05:22 - GT-191GM FDEP operational test launch Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Test
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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