Space Launch Complex 10 (SLC-10) (historic)
USA /
California /
Vandenberg Air Force Base /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Vandenberg Air Force Base
World / United States / California
NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, rocket launch complex, U.S. National Historic Landmark
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986, Space Launch Complex 10 at Vandenberg Air Force Base is the best surviving example of a launch complex built in the 1950's at the beginning of the American effort to explore space.
It is home to the Space and Missile Heritage Center, which is occasionally opened for regularly scheduled tours for persons with normal base access through the VAFB Public Affairs office.
www.vandenberg.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?...
It is home to the Space and Missile Heritage Center, which is occasionally opened for regularly scheduled tours for persons with normal base access through the VAFB Public Affairs office.
www.vandenberg.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_10
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°45'56"N 120°37'19"W
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- Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge 817 km
- Fort Huachuca 1007 km
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- Chicken 1541 km
- Jenkins' Ferry State Park 2560 km
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (Skagway Unit) 2976 km
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- Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska 4449 km
- SLC-1 1.2 km
- Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) (Active) 1.3 km
- Site A - 576 ALPHA 2.6 km
- Site B - 576 BAKER 3.9 km
- Abandoned Firing Range 4.6 km
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG/KVBG) 9 km
- Huyckville 11 km
- Space Launch Complex 3 (SLC-3) (Active) 14 km
- Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) (Active) 15 km
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