InactiveLaunch pad

Space Launch Complex 4W

Vandenberg SFB, United States of America

Launches

from this pad

First launch

1963

Jul 12

Fastest turnaround

15 d 1 h

between two launches

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No launches scheduled

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Recent Launches

All 93 in the database

Oct18

DMSP F-16Titan II SLV · Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess4:17 PM UTC Jan6

CoriolisTitan II SLV · Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess2:19 PM UTC Jun24

NOAA 17Titan II SLV · Polar OrbitSuccess6:23 PM UTC Sep21

NOAA 16Titan II SLV · Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess10:22 AM UTC Dec12

DMSP F-15Titan II SLV · Sun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess5:38 PM UTC

About the Pad

SLC-4W started operations in 1963 as Space Launch Complex 4W, and continued as an operational launch site through 2003. In 2015, SpaceX started conversion of the launch site into Landing Zone LZ-4. Landing operations commenced in 2018 at LZ-4.

Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Country: United States of America
Orbital launch attempts: 93
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Next From Space Launch Complex 4W

No launches scheduled

Recent Launches

About the Pad

Never Miss a Launch From 4W.