Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5
Space Launch Complex 5 is a decommissioned launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. Initially constructed as Launch Complex D in 1961, the facility was used by the Scout family of launch vehicles from 1962 to 1994, carrying a variety of payloads for agencies like NASA, the United States Navy, and the United States Air Force.- Type: Industry
- Description: decommissioned rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States
- Also known as: “5番発射台”, “Kompleks startowy Point Arguello D”, “Launch Complex D”, “LC-D”, “PALC D”, “Point Arguello Launch Complex D”, “SLC-5”, “SLC5”, “Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 5”, “Vandenberg PALC D”, “Vandenberg SFB SLC-5”, “Vandenberg SFB Space Launch Complex 5”, “Vandenberg SLC-5”, and “ヴァンデンバーグ空軍基地第5複合発射施設”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 and Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6.
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 8
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5
- Categories: launch pad and military installation
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.60806° or 34° 36′ 29″ north
Longitude
-120.62463° or 120° 37′ 29″ west
Open location code
846XJ95G+64
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 5” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5”
- French: “Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 5”
- German: “Space Launch Complex 5”
- German: “Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 5”
- Hungarian: “Vandenberg légitámaszpont, 5. indítóállás”
- Japanese: “ヴァンデンバーグ空軍基地”
- Polish: “Kosmiczny kompleks startowy nr 6 bazy lotniczej Vandenberg”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Trestle Beach and Promontory.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: LZ-4 and SLC-4E.
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