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Launch Complex: LE-8. Vandenberg. Old Name: 75-2-8. Latitude: 34.7633 deg. Longitude: -120.6147 deg. Used by: Delta. First Launch: 1959-04-16. Last Launch: 1962-06-19. Number Launches: 7. Originally a Thor 75 SMS IRBM pad. Upgraded for use as a launch emplacement in 1961. LE-8 Chronology 1959 April 16 - 20:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 161 IWST test flight Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). Integrated Weapon System Training 1. First Thor IRBM launched by British crew at Vandenberg AFB. 1959 October 6 - 18:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 239 IWST Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). 1960 March 2 - 20:06 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 272 Combat training launch Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). 1960 October 11 - 21:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 186 Combat training launch Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). 1960 December 13 - 20:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 267 Combat training launch Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). 1961 December 6 - 01:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 214 Combat training launch Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 mi). 1962 June 19 - 00:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Delta. Thor DM-18A 269 Combat training launch Agency: RAF. Apogee: 520 km (320 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.