Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 10: Difference between revisions

| last = 19 March 1962 |last_details = [[PGM-17 Thor]]

| rockets = [[PGM-17 Thor]]

| name =Space Launch Complex 10

| nrhp_type = nhl

| governing_body = [[United States Air Force]]

| refnum=86003511<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

'''Space Launch Complex 10''', or '''Missile Launch Complex 10'''<ref name= nrhpinv2/> 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.