Space Launch Complex 1 | |||
Site: | Vandenberg Space Force Base | ||
Utc Offset: | −08:00 | ||
Time Zone: | PST | ||
Utc Offset Dst: | −07:00 | ||
Time Zone Dst: | PDT | ||
Short: | SLC-1 | ||
Operator: | United States Space Force | ||
Pads: | Two | ||
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Space Launch Complex 1 (SLC-1) was a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States.
SLC-1 consisted of two pads, SLC-1E and SLC-1W. Both sites were built in 1958 for the never activated 75th Strategic Missile Squadron for Thor Agena A launches. SLC-1E launch pad 75-3-5, SLC-1W launch pad 75-3-4. Both were upgraded to a Space Launch Complex (SLC) in 1966. Deactivated with phaseout of Thor-Agena. SLC-1E deactivated 1968, 45 launches; SLC-1W deactivated in 1971, 56 launches.