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*[http://skyvector.com/airport/VBG/Vandenberg-AFB-Airport airport diagram and info from http://skyvector.com/airport/VBG/Vandenberg-AFB-Airport] | *[http://skyvector.com/airport/VBG/Vandenberg-AFB-Airport airport diagram and info from http://skyvector.com/airport/VBG/Vandenberg-AFB-Airport] | ||
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F~para%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DVandenberg_Air_Force_Base%26usecache%3D1 Map of all launch pad coordinates] | *[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoolserver.org%2F~para%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkmlexport%3Farticle%3DVandenberg_Air_Force_Base%26usecache%3D1 Map of all launch pad coordinates] | ||
| + | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Arguello_and_Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base.jpg aerial view from Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
[[Category:Real spaceports]] | [[Category:Real spaceports]] | ||
Revision as of 00:31, 10 December 2012
Vandenberg Air Force Base is an American spaceport located in California, on the Pacific coast. Because of its location it is used for launches into polar orbit; as well as missile tests over the Pacific ocean.
There are several excellent Addons modeling the base.
A history is available at Wikipedia [1]
Pads and runways
- Runway 12/30: 4572x61m, concrete, lights, ILS
- Frequencies:
- ILS: 110.1 MHz
- APP: 112.25 MHz
- ATIS: 133.125 MHz
- GND: 121.75 MHz
- TWR: 124.95 MHz
- Active launch pads:
- Launch Complex 576-E
- Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC 8), used for commercial Minotaur launches. It is known as the "California Spaceport"
- Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC 6), used for Delta IV
- Space Launch Complex 3-East (SLC 3E), used for Atlas V
- Space Launch Complex 2W (SLC 2W), used for Delta II
Charts and diagrams
- charts from skyvector.com
- airport diagram and info from http://skyvector.com/airport/VBG/Vandenberg-AFB-Airport
- Map of all launch pad coordinates
- aerial view from Wikimedia Commons]
