Vandenberg Air Force Base

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
• aerial view from Wikimedia Commons
• Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."
• Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."
• Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth."

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