Dedicated Rideshare
Dedicated rideshare
Orbital Attempt
#5,687
OA Mission
#4
Pad Launch
#9
Location Launch
#672
Designator
2017-068
Weather GO
100%
Oct 31, 2017, 9:37 PM
1 update
9:22 PM
Window Open
10:22 PM
Window Close
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1994
Fastest Turnaround
4y 6mo
Total Launches
4
Successful
3
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: Mar 13, 1994
Launch Complex 576 is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The pads were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles. The site was also known as Complex ABRES. Pads in Area 576 include 576A-1, 576A-2 and 576A-3, 576B-1, 576B-2 and 576B-3, 576-C, 576-D, 576-E, OSTF-1 and OSTF-2.
Total Launches
9
Orbital Attempts
9
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 22d
Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.
Founded
2015
Administrator
President: David W. Thompson
Total Launches
6
Successful
6
Failed
0
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
6
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Local Launch Time
Oct 31, 2017, 2:37 PM
Total Launches
885
Total Landings
34
Coordinates
34.7513, -120.5202