Vandenberg Launch Facility 9

Launch Facility 09
	Interactive map of Launch Facility 09
Short name	LF-09
Operator	US Air Force
Launch pad	1
Status
Launch history
Status	Active
Launches	108
First launch	29 June 1964; Minuteman-IB
Last launch	19 April 2023; Minuteman-III
Associated; rockets	Minuteman

Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 09 (LF-09) is a US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB, California, USA. It is a launch site for the land-based Minuteman missile series.

The site was a test and training made operational on January 15, 1964 and in use until at least 1996. It operated with Minuteman I and Minuteman III missiles.^[1]

References

^ Lonnquest, John Clayton (1996). To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program. Department of Defense, Legacy Resource Management Program, Cold War Project. p. 464.

34°52′43″N 120°38′01″W / 34.8786°N 120.6336°W / 34.8786; -120.6336

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[1] Lonnquest, John Clayton (1996). To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program. Department of Defense, Legacy Resource Management Program, Cold War Project. p. 464.

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