Point Arguello
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Point Arguello is a headland used as a launch site by the United States Navy. Point Arguello was first used in 1959 for the launch of military and sounding rockets. It was transferred to the United States Air Force in 1964,[1] at which time it became part of Vandenberg Air Force Base.[2]
There were 6 launchpads at Point Arguello.[citation needed] It was located south of Vandenberg Air Force Base, and was named by George Vancouver for José Darío Argüello, a Spanish frontier soldier who was Commandant of the Presidio of Santa Barbara and acting governor of Alta California.[3]
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[edit] Launch pads
Rockets listed in italics were launched from the complex after its transfer to Vandenberg AFB in 1964.
| Original Designation | Later Designation (VAFB, from 1966) |
Rockets | Remarks |
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| LC-1-1 | SLC-3W | Atlas-Agena Thor-Agena Thorad-Agena Atlas E/F |
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| LC-1-2 | SLC-3E | Atlas-Agena Atlas E/F Atlas H Atlas IIAS Atlas V |
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| LC-2-3 | SLC-4W | Atlas-Agena Titan IIIB Titan 23G |
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| LC-2-4 | SLC-4E | Atlas-Agena Titan IIID Titan 34D Titan IV Falcon 9 |
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| LC-A | N/A | Sounding rockets | |
| LC-B | N/A | Sounding rockets | |
| LC-C | PLC-C | Sounding rockets | |
| LC-D | SLC-5 | Scout |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Point Arguello". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/sites/poiuello.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ Day, Dwayne. "Vandenberg Air Force Base". Spaceflight. US Centennial of Flight Commission. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/SPACEFLIGHT/VAFB/SP47.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed. ed.). University of California Press. p. 17. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
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Coordinates: 34°37′N 120°36′W / 34.617°N 120.6°W
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