VAFB Space Launch Complex 2 East

Overview

Also Known As: Complex 75-1-1, SLC-2E

Systems

  • Thor
  • Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor
  • Thor Agena B
  • Thor Agena D
  • Thor Able Star
  • Thrust Augmented Thor (TAT) Agena D
  • Long Tank Thor (Thorad) Agena D
  • TAT Thor Delta
  • Thorad Delta

Other Programs

  • Argon
  • Corona
  • Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
  • Explorer
  • Transit
  • Landsat
  • Nimbus
  • Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA)
  • Tiros Operational Satellite (TOS)
  • Polar Orbital Geophysical Observatory (POGO)
  • Communications satellites

Cost: Not stated

Space Launch Complex 2 East Highlights

  • 1957-1958 – Built to support the Thor IRBM
  • Also supported Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor launches
  • 16 December 1958 – Sole Thor launched
  • Total launched – 1 Thor
  • 3 August 1959 – First launch, RAF Thor
  • 2 December 1959 – Last launch, RAF Thor
  • Total launched – 3 RAF Thor
  • 1960 – Modified to support the Thor Agena B
  • 16 Jun 1961 – First launch, Thor Agena B
  • 28 November 1965 – Last launch – Thor Agena B
  • Total launched – 9 Thor Agena B
  • 1962 – NASA acquired the site from the U.S. Air Force
  • 1962 – Complex upgraded to support the Thor Agena D
  • 28 June 1962 – First launch, Thor Agena D
  • 19 July 1963 – Last launch, Thor Agena D
  • Total launched – 7 Thor Agena D
  • 1963 – Complex modified to support the Thor Able Star
  • 28 September 1963 – First launch, Thor Able Star
  • 13 August 1965 – Last launch, Thor Able Star
  • Total launched – 6 Thor Able Star
  • 1964 – Complex modified to support TAT Agena D
  • 19 June 1964 – First launch, TAT Agena D
  • 28 June 1967 – Last launch, TAT Agena D
  • Total launched – 6 TAT Agena D
  • 15 May 1966 – Sole TAT Agena B launched
  • Total launched – 1 TAT Agena B
  • 1966 – Complex upgraded to support TAT Thor Delta
  • 2 October 1966 – First launch, TAT Thor Delta
  • 1 April 1971 – Last launch, TAT Thor Delta
  • Total launched – 9 TAT Thor Delta
  • 1967-1968 – Complex modified to support the Thorad Agena D
  • 18 May 1968 – First launch, Thorad Agena D
  • 8 April 1970 – Last launch, Thorad Agena D
  • Total launched – 5 Thorad Agena D
  • 16 August 1968 – First launch, Thorad Delta
  • 12 March 1972 – Last launch, Thorad Delta
  • Total launched – 5 Thorad Delta
  • 1975 – NASA abandoned complex which was then decommissioned and stripped of its gantry
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