Vandenberg Launch Facility 2

Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 02 (LF-02) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB, California, USA. It was a launch site for the land-based Minuteman and Peacekeeper missile series. In the 2000s the silo was remodeled into a launch site for an Interceptor for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.[1]

Launch Facility 02
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Location34°50′41″N 120°35′05″W / 34.8448°N 120.5846°W / 34.8448; -120.5846
Short nameLF-02
OperatorUnited States Army
Launch pad(s)1
Launch history
StatusActive
Launches72
Associated
rockets
Minuteman, GBI

Launches at LF-02

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Date Launch Facility# System Nickname
16-Jan-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB DOUBLE BARREL
24-Feb-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB SNAP ROLL
23-Mar-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB BIG TREE
7-May-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB BLACK WASP
15-Jun-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB CRUSH PROOF
7-Jul-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB FIVE POINTS
10-Sep-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB HOT ROOF
6-Nov-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB ORANGE CHUTE
9-Dec-64 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB NICKED BLADE
2-Feb-65 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB RED BRIDGE
16-Mar-65 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB TAIL FIN
13-Apr-65 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB SEA POINT
10-Jun-65 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB SPEED KING
8-Mar-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB BAIT CAN
4-Apr-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB FLY BURNER
2-May-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB LACE STRAP
2-Jun-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB FOUR ACES
13-Jul-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB YOUNG LION
16-Aug-66 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB GIBSON GIRL
28-Apr-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB BUSY MUMMY
19-May-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB BUSY GIANT
28-Jun-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB
15-Jul-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB GIN BABY I
3-Nov-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB GIN BABY II
8-Dec-67 LF-02 MINUTEMAN IB GIN BABY IV
29-Jan-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN II SPEC TEST 1
11-Apr-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III --
29-May-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III --
13-Sep-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
15-Oct-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
31-Oct-69 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
22-Apr-70 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
8-May-70 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
17-Jun-70 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
28-Jul-70 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III
25-Sep-70 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III Old Fox 02M
16-Feb-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III Old Fox 05M
27-May-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 03GM
8-Jul-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 04GM
3-Sep-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 05GM
15-Oct-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 06GM
22-Nov-71 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 08GM
26-Jan-72 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 11GM
11-Jun-72 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 14GM
20-Oct-72 LF-02 MINUTEMAN II GLORY TRIP 110M
4-Dec-72 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 41GM
17-Apr-73 LF-02 MINUTEMAN II GLORY TRIP 112M
5-Sep-73 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 43GM
2-Apr-74 LF-02 MINUTEMAN II GLORY TRIP 119M
2-May-74 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 44GM
17-Aug-74 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III GLORY TRIP 45GM
7-Oct-74 LF-02 MINUTEMAN II GLORY TRIP 118M
16-May-75 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III STM-9W
26-Jul-75 LF-02 MINUTEMAN III STM-10W
23-Aug-86 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER FTM-15
5-Dec-86 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER FTM-14
14-Sep-89 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 01PA
12-Mar-91 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 05PA
17-Sep-91 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 07PA
30-Jun-92 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 09PA
4-Mar-93 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 11PA
15-Sep-93 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 13PA
17-May-94 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 15PA
19-Jan-95 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 17PA
30-Aug-95 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 19PA
30-May-96 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 21PA
6-Nov-96 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 23PA
5-Nov-97 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 26PA
10-Mar-99 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 28PA
27-Jul-01 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 30PA
3-Jun-02 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 31PA
12-Mar-03 LF-02 PEACEKEEPER GLORY TRIP 32PA

References

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  1. ^ "Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) - Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-05.

34°50′41″N 120°35′05″W / 34.8448°N 120.5846°W / 34.8448; -120.5846