Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4


Space Launch Complex 4 is a launch and landing site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S. It has two pads, both of which are used by SpaceX for Falcon 9, one for launch operations, and the other as Landing Zone 4 for SpaceX landings.
The complex was previously used by Atlas and Titan rockets between 1963 and 2005. It consisted of two launch pads: Space Launch Complex 4 West and Space Launch Complex 4 East. Both pads were built for use by Atlas-Agena rockets, but were later rebuilt to handle Titan rockets. The designation SLC-4 was applied at the time of the conversion to launch Titan launch vehicles.
Both pads at Space Launch Complex 4 are currently leased by SpaceX. SLC-4E is leased as a launch site for the Falcon 9 rocket, which first flew from Vandenberg on 29 September 2013, following a 24-month refurbishment program which had started in early 2011. SpaceX began a five-year lease of Launch Complex 4 West in February 2015 in order to use that area as a landing pad to bring back VTVL return-to-launch-site first-stage boosters of the reusable Falcon 9 launch vehicle. That pad was later named by SpaceX as Landing Zone 4 and first used operationally for a Falcon 9 booster landing in 2018.

SLC-4E

Atlas-Agena

The first launch from PALC2-4 occurred on 14 August 1964, when a KH-7 satellite was launched by an Atlas-Agena D. After 27 Atlas-Agena launches, the last of which was on 4 June 1967, the complex was deactivated.

Titan IIID

During 1971 the complex was reactivated and refurbished for use by the Martin Marietta Titan III launch vehicles. The Titan IIID made its maiden flight from SLC-4E on 15 June 1971, launching the first KH-9 Hexagon satellite. The first KH-11 Kennan satellite was launched from the complex on 19 December 1976. All 22 Titan IIIDs were launched from SLC-4E, with the last occurring on 17 November 1982.

Titan 34D

The complex was then refurbished to accommodate the Martin Marietta Titan 34D. Seven Titan 34Ds were launched between 20 June 1983, and 6 November 1988. SLC-4E hosted one of the most dramatic launch accidents in US history when a Titan 34D-9 carrying a KH-9 photoreconnaissance satellite exploded a few hundred feet above the pad on 18 April 1986. The enormous blast showered the launch complex with debris and toxic propellant, resulting in extensive damage. 16 months after the accident, the pad was back in commission when it hosted a successful launch of a KH-11 satellite.

Titan IV

The last Titan variant to use the complex was the Titan IV, starting on 8 March 1991, with the launch of Lacrosse 2. On 19 October 2005, the last flight of a Titan rocket occurred, when a Titan IVB was launched from SLC-4E, with an Improved Crystal satellite. Following this launch, the complex was deactivated, having been used for 68 launches.

Falcon 9

SpaceX refurbished SLC–4E for Falcon 9 launches in a 24-month process that began in early 2011. The draft environmental impact assessment with a finding of "no significant impact" was published in February 2011. Demolition began on the pad's fixed and mobile service towers in summer 2011.
By late 2012, SpaceX anticipated that the initial launch from the Vandenberg pad would be in 2013, with the larger variant Falcon 9 v1.1. As the pad was nearing completion in February 2013, the first launch was scheduled for summer 2013, but was delayed until September 2013.

SLC-4W

SLC-4W started operations in 1963 as Space Launch Complex 4W, and continued as an operational launch site through 2003. In 2015, SpaceX started conversion of the launch site into Landing Zone LZ-4. Landing operations commenced in 2018 at LZ-4.

Atlas-Agena

The first launch to use what is now SLC-4 occurred on 12 July 1963, when an Atlas LV-3 Agena-D launched the first KH-7 Gambit reconnaissance satellite, from PALC-2-3. Twelve Atlas-Agenas launches were conducted from PALC-2-3, with the last occurring on 12 March 1965.

Titan IIIB

Following this, it was rebuilt as SLC-4W, a Titan launch complex. The first Titan launch from SLC-4W was a Titan IIIB, on 29 July 1966. All 68 Titan IIIB launches occurred from SLC-4W, with the last on 12 February 1987.

Titan 23G

After the retirement of the Titan IIIB, it became a Titan 23G launch site, and twelve Titan II launches, using the 23G orbital configuration, were conducted between 5 September 1988 and 18 October 2003. Following the retirement of the Titan 23G, SLC-4W was deactivated. 93 rockets were launched from SLC-4W.
SLC-4W was the site of the launch of Clementine, the only spacecraft to be launched from Vandenberg to the Moon, which was launched by a Titan 23G on 25 January 1994.

LZ-4

Development history

SpaceX signed a five-year lease of Launch Complex 4W in February 2015, in order to use the area to land reusable launch vehicles at the pad. The location is being used for vertical landing of Return-To-Launch-Site first-stage boosters of the Falcon 9 rockets that are launched from the adjacent SLC-4E launch pad. This novel use of SLC-4W had initially surfaced in July 2014 when NASASpaceFlight.com published that SpaceX was considering leasing SLC-4W for use as a RTLS vertical-landing facility for reusable first-stage boosters.
Principal structures on the pad were demolished in September 2014 as construction of the landing pad began and was completed sometime around 2017.

Detailed landing history

After performing return-to-launch-site landings at its two Cape Canaveral Space Force Station landing pads, Landing Zones 1 and 2, the company initially planned to attempt the first West Coast booster landing at Vandenberg AFB with the fourth Iridium NEXT satellite launch in December 2017, but ultimately opted for an expendable mission.
In July 2018, SpaceX filed an FCC permit to communicate with a Falcon 9 first stage post-landing at SLC-4W, hinting at a potential RTLS landing, for the SAOCOM 1A mission. This launch was later rescheduled to October 8, 2018. Publicly announced through FCC permits and sonic boom warnings, SpaceX renamed SLC-4W as Landing Zone 4 ahead of the first landing attempt. The landing of a Falcon 9 first stage booster successfully occurred at Landing Zone 4 in October 2018, following the launch of the Argentinian SAOCOM 1A satellite.

Launch and landing statistics

SLC-4E

Atlas-Agena (1964–1967)

All flights operated by the United States Air Force.
No.DateTime Launch vehicleConfigurationPayloadResultRemarks
114 August 196422:00Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-3802 First launch from PALC-2-4.
223 September 196413:10Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4262
38 October 1964UnknownAtlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4036 Electrical short caused Agena to shut down 1.5 seconds after staging and ignition, leading to range safety protocols being activated.
44 December 196418:57Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4439
53 April 196521:25Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DSNAP-10APart of the Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power program, designed to study radioisotope thermoelectric generators and nuclear power in space. Only American nuclear reactor to be launched into space so far, and first demonstration of an ion thruster in orbit.
628 April 196520:17Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4983
727 May 196519:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-5236
825 June 196519:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-5501
912 July 196519:00Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-5810 Programmer error caused accidental sustainer engine shutdown alongside booster engine cutoff, causing vehicle to lose thrust and impact the Pacific Ocean.
103 August 196519:12Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-5698
1130 September 196519:20Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-7208
128 November 196519:26Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-6232
1319 January 196620:10Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-7253
1415 February 196613:04Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1184
1518 March 196620:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-0879
1619 April 196619:12Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-0910
1714 May 196618:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1950
183 June 196619:25Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1577
1912 July 196617:57Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1850
2016 August 196618:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1832
2116 September 196617:59Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1686
2212 October 196619:15Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-2055
232 November 196620:23Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-2070
245 December 196621:09Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1890
252 February 196720:00Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4399
2622 May 196718:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4321
274 June 196718:07Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4360 Final Atlas flight from PALC-2, and last flight of the KH-7.

Titan III and IV (1971–2005)

All flights operated by the United States Air Force.
No.DateTime Launch vehicleS/N and configurationPayloadResultRemarks
2815 June 197118:41Titan IIID3D-1OPS-8709 Maiden flight of the Titan IIID and first launch of the KH-9 Hexagon. First boostered Titan launch from Vandenberg and first launch as SLC-4E.
2920 January 197218:36Titan IIID3D-2OPS-1737
307 July 197217:46Titan IIID3D-5OPS-7293
3110 October 197218:03Titan IIID3D-3OPS-8314
329 March 197321:00Titan IIID3D-6OPS-8410
3313 July 197320:22Titan IIID3D-7OPS-8261
3410 November 197320:12Titan IIID3D-8OPS-6630
3510 April 197420:20Titan IIID3D-9OPS-6245
3629 October 197419:30Titan IIID3D-4OPS-7122
378 June 197518:30Titan IIID3D-10OPS-6381
384 December 197520:30Titan IIID3D-13OPS-5547
398 July 197618:30Titan IIID3D-14OPS-4699
4019 December 197618:19Titan IIID3D-15OPS-5705 Maiden flight of the KH-11 Kennan, and first Key Hole launch without a capsule return planned.
4127 June 197718:30Titan IIID3D-17OPS-4800
4226 March 197818:40Titan IIID3D-20OPS-0460
4314 June 197818:23Titan IIID3D-18OPS-4515
4416 March 197918:30Titan IIID3D-21OPS-3854
457 February 198021:10Titan IIID3D-19OPS-2581
4618 June 198018:30Titan IIID3D-16OPS-3123
473 September 198118:29Titan IIID3D-22OPS-3984
4811 May 198218:35Titan IIID3D-24OPS-5642
4917 November 198221:18Titan IIID3D-23OPS-9627 Last flight of the Titan IIID.
5020 June 198318:45Titan 34D34D-5OPS-0721 First Titan 34D flight from Vandenberg.
5125 June 198418:47Titan 34D34D-4USA-2 Final successful KH-9 launch.
524 December 198418:03Titan 34D34D-6USA-6
5328 August 198521:20Titan 34D34D-7KH-11Propellant leak in core stage caused LR-87 to shut down, leading to loss of control and RSO protocols 272 seconds after launch.
5418 April 198618:45Titan 34D34D-9KH-9Final launch of the KH-9 and of a Key Hole satellite using film return capsules. Booster segment joint failure caused SRB to explode 8 seconds after launch, destroying the vehicle and damaging SLC-4E and 4W with showering debris. Failure garnered attention thanks to similarities to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which occurred only three months before.
5526 October 198721:32Titan 34D34D-15USA-27
566 November 198818:03Titan 34D34D-14USA-33 Final Titan 34D flight from Vandenberg and last west coast Titan III launch.
578 March 199112:03Titan IVK-5, 403AUSA-69 First Titan IV launch from Vandenberg.
588 November 199107:07Titan IVK-8, 403AUSA-72, USA-74, USA-76, and USA-77
5928 November 199221:34Titan IVK-3, 404AUSA-86
602 August 199319:59Titan IVK-11, 403A3 NOSS and SLDCOMImproperly repaired solid rocket booster led to explosion 101 seconds after launch, destroying the vehicle.
615 December 199521:18Titan IVK-15, 404AUSA-116
6212 May 199621:32Titan IVK-22, 403AUSA-119 to USA-124
6320 December 199618:04Titan IVK-13, 404ANRO launches|NROL-2]NRO launch. KH-11 satellite, also known as USA-129. First acknowledged launch by the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg.
6424 October 199702:32Titan IVA-18, 403ANROL-3NRO launch. Lacrosse satellite, also known as USA-133. Last Titan IV-A flight from SLC-4E.
6522 May 199909:36Titan IVB-12, 404BNROL-8NRO launch. Misty satellite, also known as USA-144. First Titan IV-B launch from SLC-4E.
6617 August 200023:45Titan IVB-28, 403BNROL-11NRO launch. Lacrosse satellite, also known as USA-152.
675 October 200121:21Titan IVB-34, 404BNROL-14NRO launch. KH-11 satellite, also known as USA-161.
6819 October 200518:05Titan IVB-26, 404BNROL-20NRO launch. KH-11 satellite, also known as USA-186. Final Titan IV launch from SLC-4E, final Titan launch from Vandenberg, and final flight of the Titan family.

Falcon 9 (2013–2024)

All flights operated by SpaceX.
No.DateTime Launch vehicleBooster flightPayloadResultRemarks
6929 September 201316:00Falcon 9 v1.11003CASSIOPEMaiden flight of the Falcon 9 v1.1 and first SpaceX flight from Vandenberg. First civilian launch from SLC-4E. First commercial Falcon 9 flight, using fairings instead of carrying a Dragon capsule.
7017 January 201618:32Falcon 9 v1.11017Jason-3Part of the Jason satellite series, aiming to study oceanography. Collaboration between NASA, NOAA, and CNES. Final flight of Falcon 9 v1.1, and first attempt at a west coast first stage landing, using first deployment of drone ship Just Read the Instructions. Landing leg lock failed to latch, causing stage to tip over.
7114 January 201717:54Falcon 9 Full Thrust1029-1Iridium NEXT-1First Vandenberg launch of Falcon 9 Full Thrust and first launch since the AMOS-6 explosion at SLC-40 in September 2016. First successful west coast booster landing.
7225 June 201720:25Falcon 9 Full Thrust1036-1Iridium NEXT-2
7324 August 201718:50Falcon 9 Full Thrust1038-1FORMOSAT-5Originally scheduled to launch on a Falcon 1e from Omelek Island in 2013.
749 October 201712:37Falcon 9 Block 41041-1Iridium NEXT-3First Falcon 9 Block 4 launch from Vandenberg.
7523 December 201701:27Falcon 9 Full Thrust1036-2Iridium NEXT-4First west coast reflight of a booster. Originally planned to be return-to-launch-site but later cancelled. Booster expended via water landing.
7622 February 201814:17Falcon 9 Full Thrust1038-2Paz and Starlink Tintin A & BFirst test launch of Starlink satellites, carrying two "Tintin" probes. First recovery of a Falcon 9 fairing. last west coast Falcon 9 Full Thrust flight.
7730 March 201814:13Falcon 9 Block 41041-2Iridium NEXT-5Booster expended via water landing.
7822 May 201819:47Falcon 9 Block 41043-2Iridium-NEXT-6 and GRACE-FOCollaboration between NASA and DLR for GRACE-FO, launched as rideshare and designed to study gravitational anomalies. Last Falcon 9 Block 4 launch from Vandenberg. Booster expended via water landing.
7925 July 201811:39Falcon 9 Block 51048-1Iridium NEXT-7First Falcon 9 Block 5 launch from Vandenberg.
808 October 201802:21Falcon 9 Block 51048-2SAOCOM 1AFirst land landing on SpaceX's at Landing Zone 4 in SLC-4W.
813 December 201818:34Falcon 9 Block 51046-3SSO-A
8211 January 201915:31Falcon 9 Block 51049-2Iridium NEXT-8
8312 June 201914:17Falcon 9 Block 51051-2RADARSAT ConstellationSet of three Earth observation satellites by the Canadian Space Agency.
8421 November 202017:17Falcon 9 Block 51063-1Sentinel-6 Michael FreilichPpart of ESA's Copernicus Programme series of earth observation satellites. First Sentinel launch from the United States.
8514 September 202103:55Falcon 9 Block 51049-10Starlink Group 2–1First Starlink launch from Vandenberg,
8624 November 202101:21Falcon 9 Block 51063-3Double Asteroid Redirection TestFirst of two Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment missions by NASA and ESA, aimed at demonstrating and studying impacting for asteroid defense at 65803 Didymos. Compliments the 2024 launch of Hera. First artificial object to change a celestial body's orbit. First Falcon 9 launch to another celestial body outside Earth's Hill sphere, and first successful launch from SLC-4 to heliocentric orbit.
8718 December 202112:41Falcon 9 Block 51051-11Starlink Group 4–4
882 February 202220:27Falcon 9 Block 51071-1NROL-87NRO launch. Unknown satellite, also known as USA-326.
8925 February 202217:12Falcon 9 Block 51063-4Starlink Group 4–11
9017 April 202213:13Falcon 9 Block 51071-2NROL-85NRO launch. Two Intruder satellites, sharing the designation USA-327.
9113 May 202222:07Falcon 9 Block 51063-5Starlink Group 4–13
9218 June 202214:19Falcon 9 Block 51071-3SARah 1
9311 July 202201:39Falcon 9 Block 51063-6Starlink Group 3–1
9422 July 202217:39Falcon 9 Block 51071-4Starlink Group 3–2
9512 August 202221:40Falcon 9 Block 51061-10Starlink Group 3–3
9631 August 202205:40Falcon 9 Block 51063-7Starlink Group 3–4
975 October 202223:10Falcon 9 Block 51071-5Starlink Group 4–29
9828 October 202201:14Falcon 9 Block 51063-8Starlink Group 4–31
9916 December 202211:46Falcon 9 Block 51071-6Surface Water and Ocean TopographyJoint mission between NASA and CNES, designed to survey ocean topography.
10030 December 202207:38Falcon 9 Block 51061-11EROS-C3
10119 January 202315:43Falcon 9 Block 51075-1Starlink Group 2–4
10231 January 202316:15Falcon 9 Block 51071-7Starlink Group 2–6Carried the ION SCV-009 cubesat deployer as a secondary payload.
10317 February 202319:12Falcon 9 Block 51063-9Starlink Group 2–5
1043 March 202318:38Falcon 9 Block 51061-12Starlink Group 2–7
10517 March 202319:26Falcon 9 Block 51071-8Starlink Group 2–8
1062 April 202314:29Falcon 9 Block 51075-2SDA Tranche 0A
10715 April 202306:48Falcon 9 Block 51063-10Transporter 7First SpaceX Transporter mission of satellite ridesharing to launch from Vandenberg.
10827 April 202313:40Falcon 9 Block 51061-13Starlink Group 3–5
10910 May 202320:09Falcon 9 Block 51075-3Starlink Group 2–9
11020 May 202313:16Falcon 9 Block 51063-11Iridium NEXT-9 and OneWeb #19
11131 May 202306:02Falcon 9 Block 51061-14Starlink Group 2–10
11212 June 202321:35Falcon 9 Block 51071-9Transporter 8
11322 June 202307:19Falcon 9 Block 51075-4Starlink Group 5–7
1147 July 202319:29Falcon 9 Block 51063-12Starlink Group 5–13
11520 July 202304:09Falcon 9 Block 51071-10Starlink Group 6–15
1168 August 202303:57Falcon 9 Block 51075-5Starlink Group 6–20
11722 August 202309:37Falcon 9 Block 51061-15Starlink Group 7–1
1182 September 202314:25Falcon 9 Block 51063-13SDA Tranche 0B
11912 September 202306:57Falcon 9 Block 51071-11Starlink Group 7–2
12025 September 202308:48Falcon 9 Block 51075-6Starlink Group 7–3
1219 October 202307:23Falcon 9 Block 51063-14Starlink Group 7–4
12221 October 202308:23Falcon 9 Block 51061-16Starlink Group 7–5
12329 October 202309:00Falcon 9 Block 51075-7Starlink Group 7–6
12411 November 202318:49Falcon 9 Block 51071-12Transporter 9
12520 November 202310:30Falcon 9 Block 51063-15Starlink Group 7–7
1261 December 202318:19Falcon 9 Block 51061-17425 Project Flight 1
1278 December 202308:03Falcon 9 Block 51071-13Starlink Group 7–8
12824 December 202313:11Falcon 9 Block 51075-8SARah 2 & 3
1293 January 202403:44Falcon 9 Block 51082-1Starlink Group 7–9
13014 January 202408:59Falcon 9 Block 51061-18Starlink Group 7–10
13124 January 202400:35Falcon 9 Block 51063-16Starlink Group 7–11
13229 January 202405:57Falcon 9 Block 51075-9Starlink Group 7–12
13310 February 202400:34Falcon 9 Block 51071-14Starlink Group 7–13
13415 February 202421:34Falcon 9 Block 51082-2Starlink Group 7–14
13523 February 202404:11Falcon 9 Block 51061-19Starlink Group 7–15
1364 March 202422:05Falcon 9 Block 51081-5Transporter 10
13711 March 202404:09Falcon 9 Block 51063-17Starlink Group 7–17
13819 March 202402:28Falcon 9 Block 51075-10Starlink Group 7–16Carried two Starshield as secondary payloads.
1392 April 202402:30Falcon 9 Block 51071-15Starlink Group 7–18
1407 April 202402:25Falcon 9 Block 51081-6Starlink Group 8–1
14111 April 202414:25Falcon 9 Block 51082-3USSF-62Launch for the United States Space Force. First launch of a Weather System Follow-on Mircrowave satellite, designed to succeed the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
1422 May 202418:36Falcon 9 Block 51061-20WorldView Legion 1 and 2
14310 May 202404:30Falcon 9 Block 51082-4Starlink Group 8–2
14414 May 202418:39Falcon 9 Block 51063-18Starlink Group 8–7
14522 May 202408:00Falcon 9 Block 51071-16NROL-146NRO launch. 21 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-354 to USA-374.
14628 May 202422:20Falcon 9 Block 51081-7EarthCAREPart of the Earth Explorer Programme, designed to study clouds, aerosols, solar radiation and infrared radiation. Collaboration between ESA and JAXA.
1478 June 202412:58Falcon 9 Block 51061-21Starlink Group 8–8
14819 June 202403:40Falcon 9 Block 51082-5Starlink Group 9–1
14924 June 202403:47Falcon 9 Block 51075-11Starlink Group 9–2-
15029 June 202403:14Falcon 9 Block 51081-8NROL-186NRO launch. 21 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-375 to USA-395.
15112 July 202402:35Falcon 9 Block 51063-19Starlink Group 9–3Oxygen leak in upper stage resulted in engine disintegration during second burn. All 20 satellites deployed, but mishap shortened lifespan to operational uselessness.
15228 July 202409:22Falcon 9 Block 51071-17Starlink Group 9–4
1534 August 202407:24Falcon 9 Block 51082-6Starlink Group 11–1
15412 August 202402:02Falcon 9 Block 51061-22ASBM 1 & ASBM 2
15516 August 202418:56Falcon 9 Block 51075-12Transporter 11
15631 August 202408:48Falcon 9 Block 51081-9Starlink Group 9–5
1576 September 202403:20Falcon 9 Block 51063-20NROL-113NRO launch. 21 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-400 to USA-420.
15813 September 202401:45Falcon 9 Block 51071-18Starlink Group 9–6
15920 September 202413:50Falcon 9 Block 51075-13Starlink Group 9–17
16025 September 202404:01Falcon 9 Block 51081-10Starlink Group 9–8
16115 October 202408:21Falcon 9 Block 51071-19Starlink Group 9–7
16220 October 202405:13Falcon 9 Block 51082-7OneWeb #20
16324 October 202417:13Falcon 9 Block 51063-21NROL-167NRO launch. 17 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-421 to USA-437.
16430 October 202412:07Falcon 9 Block 51075-14Starlink Group 9–9
1659 November 202406:14Falcon 9 Block 51081-11Starlink Group 9–10
16614 November 202405:23Falcon 9 Block 51082-8Starlink Group 9–11
16718 November 202405:53Falcon 9 Block 51071-20Starlink Group 9–12
16824 November 202405:25Falcon 9 Block 51075-15Starlink Group 9–13
16930 November 202408:10Falcon 9 Block 51088-1NROL-126NRO launch. 2 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-438 and USA-439. Launched alongside 20 Starlink satellites.
1705 December 202403:05Falcon 9 Block 51081-12Starlink Group 9–14
17113 December 202421:55Falcon 9 Block 51082-9Starlink Group 11–2
17217 December 202413:49Falcon 9 Block 51063-22NROL-149NRO launch. 22 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-441 to USA-462.
17321 December 202411:34Falcon 9 Block 51071-21Bandwagon-2
17429 December 202401:58Falcon 9 Block 51075-16Starlink Group 11–3-

Falcon 9 (since 2025)

All flights operated by SpaceX.
No.DateTime Launch vehicleBooster flightPayloadResultRemarks
17510 January 202503:53Falcon 9 Block 51071-22NROL-153NRO launch. 21 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-463 to USA-483.
17614 January 202519:09Falcon 9 Block 51088-2Transporter 12
17721 January 202515:45Falcon 9 Block 51082-10Starlink Group 11–8
17824 January 202514:07Falcon 9 Block 51063-23Starlink Group 11–6
1791 February 202523:02Falcon 9 Block 51075-17Starlink Group 11–4
18011 February 202502:09Falcon 9 Block 51071-23Starlink Group 11–10
18123 February 202501:38Falcon 9 Block 51082-11Starlink Group 15–1
18212 March 202503:10Falcon 9 Block 51088-3SPHEREx & PUNCHPart of the Explorer program. SPHEREx designed to create a survey of infrared galaxy spectra, PUNCH designed to study the outer solar corona.
18315 March 202506:43Falcon 9 Block 51081-13Transporter 13
18421 March 202506:49Falcon 9 Block 51088-4NROL-57NRO launch. 11 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-487 to USA-497.
18526 March 202522:11Falcon 9 Block 51063-24Starlink Group 11–7
1864 April 202501:02Falcon 9 Block 51088-5Starlink Group 11–13
1877 April 202523:06Falcon 9 Block 51093-1Starlink Group 11–11
18812 April 202512:25Falcon 9 Block 51071-24NROL-192NRO launch. 22 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-499 to USA-520.
18920 April 202512:29Falcon 9 Block 51082-12NROL-145NRO launch. 22 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-523 to USA-544. First NRO launch under NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1.
19028 April 202520:42Falcon 9 Block 51063-25Starlink Group 11–9
19110 May 202500:19Falcon 9 Block 51081-14Starlink Group 15–3
19213 May 202501:15Falcon 9 Block 51088-6Starlink Group 15–4
19316 May 202513:43Falcon 9 Block 51093-2Starlink Group 15–5
19423 May 202522:32Falcon 9 Block 51075-18Starlink Group 11–16
19527 May 202516:57Falcon 9 Block 51082-13Starlink Group 17–1
19631 May 202520:10Falcon 9 Block 51071-25Starlink Group 11–18
1974 June 202523:40Falcon 9 Block 51063-26Starlink Group 11–22
1988 June 202514:20Falcon 9 Block 51088-7Starlink Group 15–8
19913 June 202501:54Falcon 9 Block 51081-15Starlink Group 15–6
20017 June 202503:36Falcon 9 Block 51093-3Starlink Group 15–9
20123 June 202521:25Falcon 9 Block 51071-26Transporter 14
20228 June 202517:13Falcon 9 Block 51088-8Starlink Group 15–7
20316 July 202502:05Falcon 9 Block 51093-4Starlink Group 15–2
20419 July 202503:52Falcon 9 Block 51082-14Starlink Group 17–3
20523 July 202518:13Falcon 9 Block 51081-16TRACERS + 5 ridesharesPart of the Explorer program, designed to observe the solar wind and how it forms.
20627 July 202504:31Falcon 9 Block 51075-19Starlink Group 17–2
20731 July 202518:35Falcon 9 Block 51071-27Starlink Group 13–4
20814 August 202505:05Falcon 9 Block 51093-5Starlink Group 17–4
20918 August 202516:26Falcon 9 Block 51088-9Starlink Group 17–5
21022 August 202517:04Falcon 9 Block 51081-17Starlink Group 17–6
21126 August 202518:53Falcon 9 Block 51063-27NAOS
+ 7 rideshares
21230 August 202504:59Falcon 9 Block 51082-15Starlink Group 17–7
2133 September 202503:51Falcon 9 Block 51097-1Starlink Group 17–8
2146 September 202518:06Falcon 9 Block 51075-20Starlink Group 17–9
21510 September 202514:12Falcon 9 Block 51093-6SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B
21613 September 202517:55Falcon 9 Block 51071-28Starlink Group 17–10
21719 September 202516:31Falcon 9 Block 51088-10Starlink Group 17–12
21822 September 202517:38Falcon 9 Block 51081-18NROL-48NRO launch. 11 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-558 to USA-565.
21926 September 202504:26Falcon 9 Block 51082-16Starlink Group 17–11
22029 September 202502:04Falcon 9 Block 51063-28Starlink Group 11–20
2213 October 202514:06Falcon 9 Block 51097-2Starlink Group 11–3947 Launches were carried out in this complex this year, surpassing last year with 46 launches carried out.
2228 October 202503:54Falcon 9 Block 51071-29Starlink Group 11–17
22315 October 202523:06Falcon 9 Block 51093-7SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer C
22419 October 202519:24Falcon 9 Block 51088-11Starlink Group 11–19
22522 October 202514:16Falcon 9 Block 51075-21Starlink Group 11–5
22625 October 202514:20Falcon 9 Block 51081-19Starlink Group 11–12
22728 October 202500:43Falcon 9 Block 51082-17Starlink Group 11–21
22831 October 202520:41Falcon 9 Block 51063-29Starlink Group 11–23
2296 November 202521:13Falcon 9 Block 51093-8Starlink Group 11–14
23017 November 202505:21Falcon 9 Block 51097-3Sentinel-6BPart of ESA's Copernicus Programme series of earth observation satellites.
23123 November 202508:48Falcon 9 Block 51100-1Starlink Group 11–30
23228 November 202518:44Falcon 9 Block 51071-30Transporter-15
2332 December 202505:28Falcon 9 Block 51081-20Starlink Group 15–10
2344 December 202520:42Falcon 9 Block 51097-4Starlink Group 11–25
2357 December 202517:58Falcon 9 Block 51088-12Starlink Group 11–15
23610 December 202511:40Falcon 9 Block 51082-18Starlink Group 15–11
23714 December 202505:49Falcon 9 Block 51093-9Starlink Group 15–12
23817 December 202515:27Falcon 9 Block 51063-30Starlink Group 15–13
2393 January 202602:09Falcon 9 Block 51081-21CSG-3
24011 January 202613:44Falcon 9 Block 51097-5Twilight RideshareRideshare mission. Includes Pandora as payload, first launch of the Pioneers Program, designed to study exoplanet atmospheres from the transit method.
24117 January 202604:39Falcon 9 Block 51100-2NROL-105NRO launch. 2 Starshield satellites, also known as USA-572 and USA-573.
24222 January 202605:47Falcon 9 Block 51093-10Starlink Group 17–30
24325 January 202617:30Falcon 9 Block 51097-6Starlink Group 17–20
24429 January 202617:53Falcon 9 Block 51082-19Starlink Group 17–19

SLC-4W and LZ-4

Atlas and Titan launches

All flights prior to November 1963 operated by the United States Navy. All flights afterwards operated by the United States Air Force.
No.DateTime Launch vehicleConfigurationPayloadResultRemarks
112 July 196320:46Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1467 First launch from PALC-2, and first flight of the KH-7 Gambit.
26 September 196319:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-1947
325 October 196318:59Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-2196
418 December 196321:45Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-2372
525 February 196418:59Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-2423
611 March 196420:14Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-3435
723 April 196416:19Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-3473
819 May 196419:21Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-3592
96 July 196418:51Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-3684
1023 October 196418:30Atlas-AgenaAtlas LV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4384
1123 January 196520:09Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4703
1212 March 196519:25Atlas-AgenaAtlas SLV-3 / Agena-DOPS-4920 Final Atlas launch from PALC-2-3.
1329 July 196618:43Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-3014 Maiden flight of the Titan IIIB and first orbital Titan flight from Vandenberg. First launch as SLC-4W and maiden flight of the KH-8 Gambit-3.
1428 September 196619:12Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4096
1514 December 196618:14Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8968
1624 February 196719:55Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4204
1726 April 196718:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4243 Probable fuel line obstruction led to loss of thrust in second stage, causing failure to reach orbit and impacting the Pacific Ocean 600 miles downrange.
1820 June 196716:19Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4282
1916 August 196717:02Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4886
2019 September 196718:28Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4941
2125 October 196719:15Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4995
225 December 196718:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5000
2318 January 196819:04Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5028
2413 March 196819:55Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5057
257 April 196817:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5105
265 June 196817:31Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5138
276 August 196816:33Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5187
2810 September 196818:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5247
296 November 196819:10Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5296
304 December 196819:23Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6518
3122 January 196919:10Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7585
324 March 196919:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4248
3315 April 196917:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5310
343 June 196916:49Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-1077
3523 August 196916:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7807
3614 October 196918:10Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8455
3714 January 197018:43Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6531
3815 April 197015:52Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-2863
3925 June 197014:50Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6820
4018 August 197014:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7874
4123 October 197017:40Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7568
4221 January 197118:28Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7776
4321 March 197103:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4788
4422 April 197115:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7899
4512 August 197115:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8607
4623 October 197117:16Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7616
4716 February 197209:59Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-1844 Unknown failure caused vehicle to fail to reach orbit.
4817 March 197217:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-1678
4920 May 197215:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6574 Agena suffered from pressurization failure, causing failure to reach orbit.
501 September 197217:44Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8888
5121 December 197217:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-3978
5216 May 197316:40Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-2093 Payload notable for being used to assess damage to Skylab during ascent prior to Skylab 2's docking.
5326 June 197317:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4018 First stage fuel take suffered rupture 11 seconds after launch, causing vehicle to break up.
5421 August 197316:07Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7724
5527 September 197317:15Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6275
5613 February 197418:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6889
576 June 197416:30Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-1776
5814 August 197415:35Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-3004
5910 March 197504:41Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-2439
6018 April 197516:48Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4883
619 October 197519:15Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5499
6222 March 197618:14Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7600
632 June 197620:56Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7837
646 August 197622:21Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7940
6515 September 197618:50Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8533
6613 March 197718:41Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-4915
6723 September 197718:34Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7471
6825 February 197805:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-6031
695 August 197805:00Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7310
7028 May 197918:14Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7164
7113 December 198016:04Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-5805
7228 February 198119:15Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-1166
7324 April 198121:32Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7225 Spacecraft failed to separate from Agena, hampering operations.
7421 January 198219:36Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-2849
7515 April 198318:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-2925
7631 July 198315:41Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-7304
7717 April 198418:45Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DOPS-8424 Final flight of the KH-8.
7828 August 198418:03Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DUSA-4
798 February 198506:10Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DUSA-9
8012 February 198706:40Titan IIIBTitan IIIB / Agena-DUSA-21 Final flight of the Titan IIIB, and final flight of an Agena upper stage.
815 September 198809:25Titan 23GTitan IIGUSA-32 Maiden flight of the Titan 23G.
826 September 198901:49Titan 23GTitan IIGUSA-45
8325 April 199208:53Titan 23GTitan IIGUSA-81
845 October 199317:56Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPLandsat 6Part of the Landsat program, aimed at providing research-oriented photographs of Earth. First civilian launch from SLC-4W. Star-37 failed to ignite, causing failure to put payload in orbit.
8525 January 199416:34Titan 23GTitan IIGClementineCollaboration between NASA and the BMDO. Designed to perform long-term tests of instruments as well as exploring the Moon and asteroid 1620 Geographos. First launch to another celestial body from Vandenberg and first dedicated American mission to the Moon since the Apollo Program. Payload failed prior to mission to Geographos.
864 April 199716:47Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37SUSA-131
8713 May 199815:52Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPNOAA-15Part of the Advanced TIROS-N series of weather satellites for NOAA. Launched as NOAA-K. First TIROS launch on a Titan.
8820 June 199902:15Titan 23GTitan IIGQuickSCATEarth observation satellite designed to observe wind speed and direction over oceans.
8922 December 199917:38Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPUSA-147
9021 September 200010:22Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPNOAA-16Part of the Advanced TIROS-N series of weather satellites for NOAA. Launched as NOAA-L.
9124 June 200218:23Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPNOAA-17Part of the Advanced TIROS-N series of weather satellites for NOAA. Launched as NOAA-M. Final civilian launch from SLC-4W prior to LZ-4 conversion.
926 January 200314:19Titan 23GTitan IIGCoriolisCollaboration between the NRL and AFRL. Earth observation satellite designed to observe wind speed and direction over oceans, as well as observing solar wind.
9318 October 200316:17Titan 23GTitan IIG / Star-37XFPUSA-172 Final flight of the Titan 23G. Final Titan II launch and last Titan flight without solid rocket boosters. Final launch from SLC-4W prior to conversion to LZ-4.

Falcon 9 landings

All landings operated by SpaceX.
No.Date Launch vehicleBooster flightLaunch sitePayloadResult
18 October 2018Falcon 9 Block 51048-2SLC-4ESAOCOM 1A
212 June 2019Falcon 9 Block 51051-2SLC-4ERADARSAT Constellation
321 November 2020Falcon 9 Block 51063-1SLC-4ESentinel-6 Michael Freilich
42 February 2022Falcon 9 Block 51071-1SLC-4ENROL-87
517 April 2022Falcon 9 Block 51071-2SLC-4ENROL-85
618 June 2022Falcon 9 Block 51071-3SLC-4ESARah 1
716 December 2022Falcon 9 Block 51071-6SLC-4ESWOT
830 December 2022Falcon 9 Block 51063-11SLC-4EEROS-C3
92 April 2023Falcon 9 Block 51075-2SLC-4ESDA Tranche 0A
1015 April 2023Falcon 9 Block 51063-10SLC-4ETransporter 7
1112 June 2023Falcon 9 Block 51071-9SLC-4ETransporter 8
122 September 2023Falcon 9 Block 51063-13SLC-4ESDA Tranche 0B
1311 November 2023Falcon 9 Block 51071-12SLC-4ETransporter 9
141 December 2023Falcon 9 Block 51061-17SLC-4E425 Project Flight 1
1524 December 2023Falcon 9 Block 51075-8SLC-4ESARah 2 & 3
164 March 2024Falcon 9 Block 51081-5SLC-4ETransporter 10
1711 April 2024Falcon 9 Block 51082-3SLC-4EUSSF-62
182 May 2024Falcon 9 Block 51061-20SLC-4EWorldView Legion 1 & 2
1928 May 2024Falcon 9 Block 51081-7SLC-4EEarthCARE
2016 August 2024Falcon 9 Block 51075-12SLC-4ETransporter 11
2120 October 2024Falcon 9 Block 51082-7SLC-4EOneWeb #20
2221 December 2024Falcon 9 Block 51071-21SLC-4EBandwagon-2
2314 January 2025Falcon 9 Block 51088-2SLC-4ETransporter 12
2412 March 2025Falcon 9 Block 51088-3SLC-4ESPHEREx & PUNCH
2515 March 2025Falcon 9 Block 51081-13SLC-4ETransporter 13
2621 March 2025Falcon 9 Block 51088-4SLC-4ENROL-57
2723 July 2025Falcon 9 Block 51081-16SLC-4ETRACERS + 5 rideshares
2826 August 2025Falcon 9 Block 51063-27SLC-4ENAOS + 7 rideshares
2922 September 2025Falcon 9 Block 51081-18SLC-4ENROL-48
3017 November 2025Falcon 9 Block 5B1097-3SLC-4ESentinel-6B
313 January 2026Falcon 9 Block 51081-21SLC-4ECSG-3
3211 January 2026Falcon 9 Block 51097-5SLC-4ETwilight Rideshare
3317 January 2026Falcon 9 Block 51100-2SLC-4ENROL-105