Vandenberg Launch Complex 576E

Launch Complex 576E
	LC-576E in February 1998, launching a Taurus carrying a United States Navy GFO
	Interactive map of Launch Complex 576E
Launch site	Vandenberg Space Force Base
Location	34°44′22″N 120°37′09″W / 34.7394°N 120.6192°W
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
Short name	LC-576E
Operator	United States Space Force (owner); Northrop Grumman (tenant)
Launch pad	1
Orbital inclination ; range	55–145°
Status
Launch history
Status	Active
Launches	15
First launch	1 August 1962; SM-65F Atlas
Last launch	31 October 2017; Minotaur-C (SkySat x 6, Flock-3m x 4)
Associated; rockets	Current: Minotaur-C; Retired: Atlas F; Plans cancelled: RS1;

Launch sites at Vandenberg Space Force Base

7km
4.3miles

20

19

18

17

16

15

15 SLC-8
(Minotaur)

14

13

12

12 SLC-4W (LZ-4)

11

11 SLC-4E (Falcon 9)

10

9

8

7

7 SLC-576E
(Minotaur-C)

6

5

4

4 SLC-2W (Alpha)

3

2

1

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Active pads

Active pads not used for launches

Inactive leased pads

Inactive unleased pads

1

SLC-1E

2

SLC-1W

3

SLC-2E

4

SLC-2W

5

SLC-10E

6

SLC-10W

7

LC-576E

8

SLC-9

9

SLC-3E

10

SLC-3W

11

SLC-4E

12

SLC-4W (LZ-4)

13

SLC-5

14

SLC-6

15

SLC-8

16

SLC-7

17

SLC-11

18

SLC-12

19

SLC-14

20

SLC-15

Launch Complex 576E (LC-576E or SLC-576E) is a launch pad located at Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, California. Part of the ABRES series of launch complexes, the pad was originally designed and built for the launching and testing of SM-65 Atlas ICBMs as part of the Western Range, and now serves as an orbital launch site for the Minotaur-C launch vehicles.