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'''Space Launch Complex 10''', or '''Missile Launch Complex 10'''{{fact|date=December 2011}}, is located on [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] in [[Lompoc, California]]. It was built in 1958 to test ballistic missiles and developed into a space launching facility in 1963<ref name="dod">[https://www.denix.osd.mil/portal/page/portal/denix/environment/CR/NRHPNHL/NHLMap/California DOD NHL details for California]</ref>. Prior to 1966 Space Launch Complex 10 West was known as Vandenberg AFB Pad 75-2-6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/thorh6.html |title=Thor Burner - Sixth in a Series Reviewing Thor Family History
|author=Ed Kyle |date=7/3/2009}}</ref> It remains a rare pristine look at the electronics and facilities created in that era which helped the [[United States]] grow their space capabilities.
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