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Vandenberg 576B3
Part of Vandenberg Family
Atlas launch complex. Originally an Atlas 576 SMS ICBM pad. Upgraded for use as ABRES pad in 1965.
AKA: ABRESB3. First Launch: 1960-09-12. Last Launch: 1967-10-11. Number: 22 . Longitude: -120.5960 deg. Latitude: 34.7899 deg.
Spacecraft: OV1.
Launch Vehicles: Atlas D.
Launch Sites: Vandenberg.
1960 September 12 - .
20:38 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - Initial operational capability demonstration and shakedown operations launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1960 October 13 - .
04:53 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - Initial operational capability demonstration and shakedown operations launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 20 km (12 mi).
1960 December 16 - .
20:35 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Research and development launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1961 August 23 - .
01:16 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Research and development launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1961 December 7 - .
21:18 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Operational missile test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1962 January 23 - .
21:28 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Operational missile test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1962 February 21 - .
22:30 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - Operational missile test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1962 May 12 - .
00:31 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Demonstration and shakedown operations launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1962 June 26 - .
10:57 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- NTMP K-1 Target mission - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). First launch of an Atlas from Vandenberg AFB as a target for an Army Nike-Zeus from Kwajalein..
1962 August 9 - .
22:51 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- Demonstration and shakedown operations launch - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1963 March 10 - .
02:42 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - Operational missile test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).
1963 August 28 - .
23:10 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- ST COOL WATER II test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1963 October 7 - .
21:31 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - ST COOL WATER V test - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
1965 January 21 - .
21:34 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure. Failed Stage: 1. - OV1-01 - .
Payload: ABRES MTV-1. Mass: 85 kg (187 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1965-01-21 . Failure..
- OV1-1 - .
Payload: OV1-1. Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Spacecraft: OV1.
1965 March 12 - .
23:21 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- ABRES MTV-2 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF SAC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
1965 May 28 - .
02:54 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Failure.. Failed Stage: 1. - OV1-03 - .
Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1965-05-28 .
1965 October 5 - .
09:07 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- OV1-02 - .
Payload: OV1 Dummy. Mass: 86 kg (189 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
USAF Sat Cat: 1613 . COSPAR: 1965-078A. Apogee: 2,735 km (1,699 mi). Perigee: 408 km (253 mi). Inclination: 144.2000 deg. Period: 117.60 min. Radiation data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- NB20.170 - .
Payload: SPP 29. Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Spacecraft: OV1.
COSPAR: 1965-078xx. Apogee: 2,418 km (1,502 mi). Perigee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 144.2000 deg. Period: 114.00 min.
- OV1-02S - .
Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
COSPAR: 1965-078xx. Apogee: 2,418 km (1,502 mi). Perigee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 144.2000 deg. Period: 114.00 min.
1966 March 30 - .
09:20 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- OV1-04 - .
Mass: 88 kg (194 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
USAF Sat Cat: 2121 . COSPAR: 1966-025A. Apogee: 1,008 km (626 mi). Perigee: 884 km (549 mi). Inclination: 144.5000 deg. Period: 104.00 min. Thermal control experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- OV1-04S - .
Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
COSPAR: 1966-025xx. Apogee: 1,002 km (622 mi). Perigee: 879 km (546 mi). Inclination: 144.5000 deg. Period: 103.80 min.
- OV1-05S - .
Payload: BORE. Mass: 114 kg (251 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
USAF Sat Cat: 2122 . COSPAR: 1966-025B. Apogee: 1,056 km (656 mi). Perigee: 985 km (612 mi). Inclination: 144.6000 deg. Period: 105.60 min. Optical radiation test. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
1966 July 14 - .
02:10 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Partial Failure.. Failed Stage: 1. - OV1-07 - .
Payload: PasComSat. Mass: 10 kg (22 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1978-01-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 2324 . COSPAR: 1966-063A. Apogee: 1,022 km (635 mi). Perigee: 985 km (612 mi). Inclination: 144.2000 deg. Period: 105.20 min. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- OV1-08 PasComSat - .
Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1978-01-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 2324 . COSPAR: 1966-063xx. Apogee: 410 km (250 mi). Perigee: 393 km (244 mi). Inclination: 144.2000 deg. Period: 92.60 min.
1966 December 11 - .
21:09 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- OV1-09 - .
Mass: 230 kg (500 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
USAF Sat Cat: 2610 . COSPAR: 1966-111A. Apogee: 4,582 km (2,847 mi). Perigee: 475 km (295 mi). Inclination: 99.1000 deg. Period: 139.40 min. Radiation bio-hazard experiments. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- OV1-10 - .
Mass: 130 kg (280 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 2002-11-30 . USAF Sat Cat: 2611 . COSPAR: 1966-111B. Apogee: 604 km (375 mi). Perigee: 541 km (336 mi). Inclination: 93.4000 deg. Period: 96.10 min. Radiation data. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
1967 July 27 - .
19:00 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
FAILURE: Partial Failure.. Failed Stage: 1. - OV1-08S - .
Mass: 118 kg (260 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1972-02-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 2893 . COSPAR: 1967-072A. Apogee: 557 km (346 mi). Perigee: 529 km (328 mi). Inclination: 101.6000 deg. Period: 95.50 min. Carried cosmic ray telescope. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
- OV1-11 - .
Mass: 555 kg (1,223 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1972-02-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 2893 . COSPAR: 1967-072xx. Apogee: 146 km (90 mi). Perigee: 144 km (89 mi). Inclination: 101.7000 deg. Period: 87.40 min. OV-1 11 did not reach orbit..
- OV1-12S - .
Mass: 140 kg (300 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF OAR.
Class: Earth.
Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft: OV1.
Decay Date: 1980-07-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 2901 . COSPAR: 1967-072D. Apogee: 579 km (359 mi). Perigee: 497 km (308 mi). Inclination: 101.7000 deg. Period: 95.40 min. Solar flare observations. Space craft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology (US Cat A). .
1967 October 11 - .
11:30 GMT - .
Launch Site: Vandenberg.
Launch Complex: Vandenberg 576B3.
LV Family: Atlas.
Launch Vehicle: Atlas D.
- ABRES TVX-13 re-entry vehicle test flight - .
Nation: USA.
Agency: USAF AFSC.
Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
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