Photo Gallery
Thor 181 – Complex 75-1-2 – 12 November 1959
Delta 99 (1900), SLC-2W, 16 December 1973
Delta II 7920 (290) Iridium, SLC-2W, 11 February 2002
Overview
Also Known As: Complex 75-1-2, SLC-2W
Systems
- Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor
- Thor Agena D
- Thor Able Star
- Thrust Augmented Thor (TAT) Agena D
- Long Tank Thor (Thorad) Agena D
- Thrust Augmented Thor (TAT) Delta
- Long Tank Thor (Thorad) Delta
- Delta
- Delta II
Other Programs
- Argon
- Corona
- Lanyard
- 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 West Highlights
- 1957-1958 – Built to support the Thor IRBM
- Also supported Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor launches
- 17 September 1959 – First launch, Thor
- 21 January 1960 Last launch, Thor
- Total launched – 4 Thor
- 1960-1962 – Modified to support the Thor Agena D
- 29 August 1962 – First launch, Thor Agena D
- 19 January 1964 – Last launch, Thor Agena D
- Total launched – 6 Thor Agena D
- 1963 – Upgraded to support the Thor Able Star and TAT Agena D
- 27 June 1963 – First launch, TAT Agena D
- 17 January 1968 – Last launch, TAT Agena D
- Total launched – 13 TAT Agena D
- 6 October 1964 – First Launch, Thor Able Star
- 12 December 1964 – Last launch, Thor Able Star
- Total launched – 2 Thor Able Star
- 1968 – Upgraded to support TAT Thor Delta and Thor Delta N-6, 300, 900 series launches
- 21 June 1969 – Sole launch of TAT Thor Delta
- 1969 – NASA acquired the complex from the U.S. Air Force
- 23 January 1970 – First launch, Thorad Delta
- 24 October 1978 – Last launch, Thorad Delta
- Total launched – 18 Thorad Delta
- 1978-1981 – Pad was completely redone with a 166 foot steel enclosed Mobile Service Tower to support the Delta and Delta II boosters
- 3 August 1981 – First launch, Delta
- 18 November 1989 – Last launch, Delta
- Total launched – 6 Delta
- 1994-1995 – Upgraded to support the Delta II
- 4 December 1995 – First launch, Delta II
- 28 December 2011 – Last launch, Delta II
- Total launched – 41 Delta II (pad is still active)