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{{Short description|Rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States}}
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{{Infobox launch pad
|name = Space Launch Complex 10
|image = Thor DSV-2U launch with DMSP-5D-F5 satellite.jpg
|caption = A [[Thor DSV-2U]] carrying a [[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP]] weather satellite launches from SLC-10W in 1980. This was the last orbital launch from the complex.
|site = [[Vandenberg
|short = SLC-10
|location = {{Coord|34
| utc_offset = −08:00
| time_zone = [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]]
| utc_offset_DST = −07:00
| time_zone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
|tlaunches = 38
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| last = 19 March 1962 |last_details = [[PGM-17 Thor]]
| rockets = [[PGM-17 Thor]]
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▲ | architect= [[United States Air Force]]
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| designated_nrhp_type = June 23, 1986<ref name="nrhpinv2" />
| refnum = 86003511<ref name="nrhpinv2" />
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'''Space Launch Complex 10''', or '''Missile Launch Complex 10''',<ref name= nrhpinv2/> is located on [[Vandenberg
|author=Ed Kyle |date=3 July 2009}}</ref> It remains a rare pristine look at the electronics and facilities created in that era that helped the [[United States]] grow its space capabilities.
The last launch from this complex was a Thor booster in 1980.<ref name= nrhpinv2/> It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1986.
It is undergoing an eight-year restoration, and public visits are possible, if arranged in advance.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/spa.htm NPS History of Aviation]</ref>
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The launch complex was built in 1958 by the [[Douglas Aircraft Corporation]], and was first designated Complex 75-2. At that time it consisted of three launch pads, which were used to train military operators of [[PGM-17 Thor]] ballistic missiles, and to conduct missile launch tests. The first launches were conducted by the British [[Royal Air Force]] in June and August 1959.<ref name=nrhpinv2/> The facilities at SLC-10 were dismantled and transported to [[Johnston Island]] in support of [[Operation Dominic]], a nuclear weapons testing project conducted there in 1962.
The
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Two launch pads and a prefabricated launch blockhouse are the principal surviving elements of the complex. The blockhouse interior still includes all of the electrical equipment used in later launches. SLC-10W also includes pipes and storage facilities for storing and managing the liquid fuel used in the rockets.<ref name=slc10>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/space-launch-complex-10.htm|title=Space Launch Complex 10|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref>
▲The equipment was returned to Vandenberg to support early launches of the [[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program]], which were conducted at SLC-10W from 1965 to 1980, using the [[Thor (rocket)|Thor satellite launch vehicles]], the first stages of which followed the design of the Thor missile.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Page II|first1=Joseph T. |title=Images of America: Vandenberg Air Force Base |year=2014 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing|oclc=905345173}}
* {{cite book |last1=Page II|first1=Joseph T. |title=Space Launch Complex Ten: Vandenberg's Cold War Historic Landmark |year=2016 |publisher=History Press|oclc=952155149}}
* [https://archive.org/details/space-launch-complex-ten-brochure United States Air Force. (1998) Space Launch Complex 10: A National Historic Landmark. Brochure.]
==External links==
*[http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/aviation/ Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary]
*[https://archive.today/20121213022206/https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/environment/CR/NRHPNHL/NHLMap/California DOD NHL details for California]
*[[Historic American Engineering Record]] (HAER) documentation, filed under North End of Aero Road, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA:
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**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-A |id=ca3078 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Blockhouse |photos=27 |cap=5 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-B |id=ca3079 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Metal Building |photos=2 |cap=2 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-C |id=ca3080 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Office and Administration Building |photos=7 |cap=3 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-D |id=ca3081 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Technical Support Building |photos=9 |cap=3 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-E |id=ca3082 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Hydrogen Peroxide Facility |photos=1 |cap=2 |link=no}}
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**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-G |id=ca3084 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Maintenance Support Building |photos=5 |cap=2 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-H |id=ca3085 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, West Launch Pad |photos=61 |cap=7 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-I |id=ca3086 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Construction Storage Building |photos=3 |cap=2 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-J |id=ca3087 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, Power Substation |photos=1 |cap=2 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=CA-296-K |id=ca3088 |title=Vandenburg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 10, LE-8 |photos=9 |cap=3 |link=no}}
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