Single launch complex consisting of 2 launch pads.

• 1966 August 19 19:26 - Midas 11 Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 Atlas / Agena D. SLV-3 Agena D 7202 / Agena D 1352 Apogee: 3,708 km (2,304 mi). Missile Defense Alarm System.

• 1966 September 20 21:14 - KH-4A 1035 Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Thor SLV-2A Agena D 477 / Agena D SS-01B 1628 Apogee: 430 km (260 mi). KH-4A. All cameras operated satisfactorily. First mission flown with pan geometry modification.

• 1966 October 5 22:00 - Midas 12 Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 Atlas / Agena D. SLV-3 Agena D 7203 / Agena D 1353 Apogee: 3,724 km (2,313 mi). Missile Defense Alarm System.

• 1966 December 21 22:15 - Prime 1 Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 Atlas. Atlas SLV-3 7001 Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi). The first test of the X-23A SV-5D lifting body re-entry shape. It was a zero cross-range suborbital flight, with recovery 6935 km downrange. The ballute deployed at 30.440 m, followed by the main parachute at 13,700 m, and the vehicle was descending within 275 m of the target point. Nevertheless the air-snatch was unsuccessful, and the vehicle sank. However 90% of the planned telemetry was successfully transmitted by radio.

• 1967 January 14 21:28 - KH-4A 1038 Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Thor SLV-2A Agena D 495 / Agena D SS-01B 1629 Apogee: 355 km (220 mi). KH-4A. Fair image quality.

• 1967 February 22 22:02 - KH-4A 1039 Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Thor SLV-2A Agena D 493 / Agena D SS-01B 1635 Apogee: 380 km (230 mi). KH-4A. Normal KH-4 mission. Light from horizon camera on both main camera records during 1039-1.

• 1967 March 5 23:05 - Prime 2 Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 Atlas. Atlas SLV-3 7002 Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi). The X-23A SV-5D lifting body vehicle demonstrated a 1055 km cross-range manoeuvre, but again air snatch failed.

• 1967 March 30 18:54 - KH-4A 1040 Launch Vehicle: Thor Agena D. Thor SLV-2A Agena D 501 / Agena D SS-01B 1636 Apogee: 326 km (202 mi). KH-4A. Satellite flown nose first, all cameras operated satisfactorily.

• 1967 April 20 01:35 - Prime 3 Launch Vehicle: SLV-3 Atlas. Atlas SLV-3 7003 Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi). The full design 1145 km cross range was demonstrated, and the X-23A SV-5D lifting body vehicle was successfully snatched at 3700 m altitude, 8 km from the target point. With this success the rest of the project was cancelled, and the two remaining unflown X-22A's were sent to the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

• 1968 May 1 21:31 - KH-4B 1103 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 511 / Agena D 1643 Apogee: 243 km (150 mi). KH-4B. Out-of-focus imagery is present on both main camera records.

• 1968 August 7 21:36 - KH-4B 1104 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 522 / Agena D 1644 Apogee: 259 km (160 mi). KH-4B. Best imagery to date on any KH-4 systems. Bicolor and color infrared experiments were conducted on this mission.

• 1968 August 16 20:57 - LCS 3 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Failure. Atlas Burner 2 7004 / Burner-2 (No Agena) First of two Atlas/Burner II space launches. 1 of 13 satellite launch attempts; investigate effects of ionosphere on radio signals.

• 1968 November 3 21:30 - KH-4B 1105 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 515 / Agena D 1646 Apogee: 288 km (178 mi). KH-4B. Image quality is variable and displays areas of soft focus and image smear.

• 1968 December 12 22:22 - KH-4A 1049 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 527 / Agena D 1648 Apogee: 248 km (154 mi). KH-4A. Degraded film

• 1969 February 5 21:59 - KH-4B 1106 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 519 / Agena D 1650 Apogee: 275 km (170 mi). KH-4B. The best image quality to date.

• 1969 March 19 21:38 - KH-4A 1050 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 541 / Agena D 1651 Apogee: 252 km (156 mi). KH-4A. Due to abnormal rotational rates after revolution 22, the mission was terminated after a total of three days collecting photography.

• 1969 May 2 01:46 - KH-4A 1051 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 544 / Agena D 1649 Apogee: 325 km (201 mi). KH-4A. Imagery of both pan camera records is soft and lacks crispness and edge sharpness.

• 1969 July 24 01:30 - KH-4B 1107 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 545 / Agena D 1652 Apogee: 203 km (126 mi). KH-4B. Forward camera failed on pass 1 and remained inoperative throughout the rest of the mission.

• 1969 September 22 21:11 - KH-4A 1052 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2G. Thorad SLV-2G Agena D 531 / Agena D 1653 Apogee: 253 km (157 mi). KH-4A. Last of the KH-4A missions, all camera systems operated satisfactorily.

• 1969 December 4 21:37 - KH-4B 1108 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 549 / Agena D 1655 Apogee: 229 km (142 mi). KH-4B. Cameras operated satisfactorily and the mission carried 811 ft of aerial color film added to the end of the film supply.

• 1970 March 4 22:15 - KH-4B 1109 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 551 / Agena D 1657 Apogee: 257 km (159 mi). KH-4B. Cameras operated satisfactorily but the overall image quality of both the forward and aft records is variable.

• 1970 May 20 21:35 - KH-4B 1110 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 555 / Agena D 1656 Apogee: 247 km (153 mi). KH-4B. The overall image quality is less than that provided by recent missions and 2,000 feet of S0-349

• 1970 July 23 01:25 - KH-4B 1111 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 556 / Agena D 1654 Apogee: 379 km (235 mi). KH-4B. The overall image quality is good.

• 1970 November 18 21:29 - KH-4B 1112 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 552 / Agena D 1658 Apogee: 227 km (141 mi). KH-4B. The forward camera failed on pass 104 and remained inoperative throughout the rest of the mission.

• 1971 February 17 20:04 - KH-4B 1113 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Failure. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 537 / Agena D 1659 KH-4B. The launch vehicle had a very cold boattail due to a hose discovered to be leaking away warming air to the boattail. The boattail was colder than usual, below freezing. Based on earlier tests of the Thor for just that condition, as relayed by Ed Dierdorf, Thor chief engineer at the time, the temp low was of no concern.

  The only problem was that those tests were made with a Thor that carried a Rocketdyne engine lubricated with "lube oil". The Thor being launched used a fuel additive, "Orinite" (like STP "super snot"). The technician that pumped the Orinite into its cannister later stated, "It wasn't for lack of orinite. I put it in just like the procedure said, and I could feel when it was full (with the hand pump). To make sure, I gave it another slug."

  That "other slug" cracked the output valve that was only supposed to be cracked by turbopump output pressure. When it cracked the output valve a bit of the "honey" squirted down the tube toward engine bearing jets. This line had a low spot in it by design. The Orinite settled there. When it was chilled by the low temp air at lox loading, the Orinite formed a plug.

  Unaware of this chain of circumstances, Launch Director Philip Payne made the decision to launch. The rocket (carrying Agena D and payload) flew for 18 seconds, then wiped out its gears, causing the turbine to overspeed and shed its vanes. These punctured various parts in the boattail like machine gun bullets. With loss of power, the rocket fell not far from the launch pad into Bear Creek canyon.

  The final cause was therefore found to be loss of engine lubrication at startup.

• 1971 March 24 21:05 - KH-4B 1114 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 538 / Agena D 1660 Apogee: 245 km (152 mi). KH-4B. The overall image quality is good and comparable to the best of past missions. On-board program failed

• 1971 September 10 21:33 - KH-4B 1115 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 567 / Agena D 1662 Apogee: 234 km (145 mi). KH-4B. Overall image quality is good.

• 1972 April 19 21:43 - KH-4B 1116 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 569 / Agena D 1661 Apogee: 276 km (171 mi). KH-4B. Very successful mission and image quality was good.

• 1972 May 25 18:41 - KH-4B 1117 Launch Vehicle: Thorad Agena D SLV-2H. Thorad SLV-2H Agena D 571 / Agena D 1663 Apogee: 305 km (189 mi). KH-4B. Last KH-4B mission. Very successful mission, image quality was good. Final CORONA mission.

• 1974 July 14 05:17 - NTS 1 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/PTS 69F Apogee: 13,774 km (8,558 mi). Demonstrated navigation technologies leading eventually to Navstar/GPS system. Operated for 5 years.

• 1975 April 13 00:51 - P 72-2 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. First stage failure due to explosion in flame pit at lift-off.. Atlas F 71F / Star-17A A lack of deluge water and collection in the flame bucket of a kerosene/liquid oxygen gel led to the explosion of the gel on lift-off, damaging one of the Atlas engines and leading to complete engine failure during the ascent.

• 1976 April 30 19:12 - NOSS 1 (Whitecloud 1) Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/MSD 59F Apogee: 1,128 km (700 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1977 June 23 09:16 - NTS 2 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 65F / SGS-1 Apogee: 20,256 km (12,586 mi). Navigation Technical Satellite; GPS precursor. Operated 50% satisfactorily -- still operating 25 years later.

• 1977 December 8 17:45 - NOSS 2 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/MSD 50F / Star-37E Apogee: 1,169 km (726 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1978 February 22 23:44 - Navstar 1 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 64F Apogee: 20,560 km (12,770 mi). Also known as Navigational Development Satellite 1. Technology prototype of Navstar satellite.

• 1978 May 13 10:34 - Navstar 2 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 49F Apogee: 20,653 km (12,833 mi). Also known as Navigational Development Satellite 2. Technology prototype of Navstar satellite.

• 1978 June 27 01:12 - Seasat 1 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/Agena D 23F Apogee: 765 km (475 mi). Oceanographic. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1978 October 7 00:28 - Navstar 3 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 47F Apogee: 20,941 km (13,012 mi). Technology prototype of Navstar satellite.

• 1978 October 13 11:23 - Tiros N Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 29F / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 845 km (525 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1978 December 11 03:59 - Navstar 4 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 39F Apogee: 21,012 km (13,056 mi). Global Positioning System. First pre-opertional Navstar satellite.

• 1979 February 24 08:24 - Solwind (P 78-1) Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/OIS 27F Apogee: 317 km (196 mi). Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies; destroyed on 13 September 1985 (while still functioning) as part of an American ASAT test.

• 1979 June 27 15:51 - NOAA 6 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 25F / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1980 February 9 23:08 - Navstar 5 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 35F Apogee: 20,560 km (12,770 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1980 March 3 09:27 - NOSS 3 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/MSD 67F Apogee: 1,150 km (710 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1980 April 26 22:00 - Navstar 6 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F/SVS 34F Apogee: 20,471 km (12,720 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1980 May 29 10:53 - NOAA B Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas sustainer engine under-thrust resulted in 50 second extended burn time, and spacecraft attempted to separate and fired apogee kick motor while booster was still thrusting.. Atlas F 19F / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 1,445 km (897 mi). Unusable orbit; would have been NOAA 7. At engine start up, one of the booster engines suffered an internal fuel leak, causing it to run at about 80% thrust. As a result the booster was low on velocity and heavy on propellant over much of its flight and ran an incredible 50 seconds longer than the nominal burn. The NOAA Advanced TIROS payload was designed with no direct communication with the booster, and unaware of the booster problem, at 375 sec after liftoff attempted to separate with the booster still firing. The booster's continued thrusting defeated the payload's attempt to perform the required pitch maneuver. When the payload fired its apogee kick motor, it blew the top of the booster's liquid oxygen tank off. The spacecraft survived all this, but the resultant orbit was highly elliptical rather than the desired circular sun-synchronous. The mission was a total loss. Officially: Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).>

• 1980 December 9 07:18 - NOSS Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Premature shut down of one of the Atlas booster engines turned the vehicle around, whereafter the sustainer thrust it back toward the earth.. Atlas E/MSD 68E Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE. Other sources give the payload designation ABSAD. The failure was caused by a loss of lubricating oil to one of the booster engines, causing the engine to fail approx 200 milliseconds before it was to have shut down on guidance command. The asymmetric thrust pivoted the booster around approximately 180 degrees, where it stabilized in a retrofire attitude with the sustainer engine still firing. It descended back toward earth through its own exhaust flame and exploded a couple of minutes later.

• 1981 June 23 10:52 - NOAA 7 Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 87F / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 847 km (526 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1981 December 19 01:10 - Navstar 7 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Failure.. Atlas E/SVS 76E Global Positioning System.

• 1982 December 21 02:38 - AMS 5 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 60E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 810 km (500 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

• 1983 February 9 13:47 - NOSS 4 Launch Vehicle: Atlas H. Atlas H 6001H Apogee: 1,186 km (736 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1983 March 28 15:52 - NOAA 8 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 73E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 817 km (507 mi). Carried search and rescue package. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1983 June 9 23:23 - NOSS 5 Launch Vehicle: Atlas H. Atlas H 6002H / 6002H Apogee: 1,167 km (725 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1983 July 14 10:21 - Navstar 8 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E/SGS-2 75E Apogee: 21,229 km (13,191 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1983 November 18 06:32 - DMSP B5D2-2 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 58E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 818 km (508 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

• 1984 February 5 18:44 - NOSS 6 Launch Vehicle: Atlas H. Atlas H 6003H / 6003H Apogee: 1,172 km (728 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1984 June 13 11:37 - USA 1 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E/SGS-2 42E Apogee: 21,194 km (13,169 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1984 September 8 21:41 - USA 5 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E/SGS-2 14E Apogee: 21,203 km (13,174 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1984 December 12 10:42 - NOAA 9 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 39E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 855 km (531 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1985 March 13 02:00 - Geosat Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E/OIS 41E Apogee: 779 km (484 mi). Ocean sea height mapping. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1985 October 9 02:53 - USA 10 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E/SGS-2 55E Apogee: 21,673 km (13,466 mi). Global Positioning System.

• 1986 February 9 10:06 - USA 15 Launch Vehicle: Atlas H. Atlas H 6004H / 6004H Apogee: 1,166 km (724 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1986 September 17 15:52 - NOAA 10 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 52E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 816 km (507 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1987 May 15 15:45 - USA 22 Launch Vehicle: Atlas H. Atlas H 6005H Apogee: 1,179 km (732 mi). Ocean surveillance; aka White Cloud type spacecraft; Navy Ocean Surveillance Satellite; PARCAE.

• 1987 June 20 02:34 - USA 26 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 59E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 848 km (526 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

• 1988 February 3 05:53 - USA 29 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 54E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 817 km (507 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

• 1988 September 24 10:02 - NOAA 11 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 63E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 854 km (530 mi). Carried search & rescue package. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1990 April 11 15:00 - USA 56 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E Altair 28E / Altair Apogee: 745 km (462 mi). Polar Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey satellite designed to measure the Earth's magnetic field vector as a function of position. Data from the experiment was used to improve Earth navigation systems, and was stored in an experimental solid state recorder. Six low cost ground stations were designed, built and located around the world to operate the spacecraft flown on this mission.

• 1990 December 1 15:57 - USA 68 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Failure of the spacecraft's TEM-364-15 AKM nozzle due to a manufacturing defect led to the satellite being placed into lower than planned orbit.. Atlas E 61E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 837 km (520 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; broken nozzle prevented satellite from reaching desired orbit.

• 1991 May 14 15:52 - NOAA 12 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 50E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 824 km (512 mi). Spacecraft engaged in research and exploration of the upper atmosphere or outer space (US Cat B).

• 1991 November 28 13:23 - USA 73 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 53E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 852 km (529 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. 500th Atlas launch.

• 1993 August 9 10:02 - NOAA 13 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 34E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 860 km (530 mi). Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1994 August 29 17:38 - USA 106 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 20E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 860 km (530 mi). Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

• 1994 December 30 10:02 - NOAA 14 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 11E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 861 km (534 mi).

• 1995 March 24 14:05 - USA 109 Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 45E / Star-37S-ISS Apogee: 854 km (530 mi). Last successful Atlas E space launch.

• 1999 December 18 18:57 - Terra Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS. Atlas IIAS AC-141 Apogee: 703 km (436 mi). First launch in NASA's Earth Observing System program. Terra carried multispectral imagers, a radiation budget instrument, a detector to measure CO and methane pollution, and an instrument to study cloud top and vegetation properties.

• 2001 September 8 15:25 - USA 160 Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS. Atlas IIAS AC-160 Launch delayed from July 31. First of a new series of naval electronic intelligence satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS AC-160 put the vehicle in a transfer orbit. The phrasing of the launch commentary implied that the second burn left the payload in 'transfer orbit', but several observers saw the bright Centaur in the typical final deployment orbit of the earlier NOSS satellites. Therefore it seemed the first burn was to a transfer orbit of around 180 x 1100 km x 63 deg. The second burn at 1629 GMT put the Centaur and payload into an 1100 x 1100 km x 63 deg orbit. The design was apparently quite different from earlier generation NOSS satellites since only one companion satellite was deployed rather than two. Prime contractor for the new satellites was again believed to be Lockheed Martin Astronautics at Denver. The NRL probably continued to have a management and technical role in the program under overall NRO auspices.

• 2003 December 2 10:04 - USA 173 Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS. Atlas IIAS AC-164 / MLV-14 Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). Second launch of new generation paired satellites used for tracking, characterisation, and intelligence on naval vessels and civilian shipping worldwide.