Point Arguello Launch Complex A

Launch Complex A or LC-A at the Point Arguello Naval Air Station in California, United States, subsequently Point Arguello Launch Complex A or PALC-A at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a launch complex that was used for a number of sounding rocket launches between 1959 and 1966. It was originally built as Launch Complex A or LC-A at the Point Arguello Naval Air Station, and was subsequently transferred to Vandenberg Air Force Base as PALC-A following the merger of Point Arguello into Vandenberg AFB in 1964.

Point Arguello Launch Complex A
Launch sitePoint Arguello
Vandenberg
Location34.6791°N 120.5922°W / 34.6791; -120.5922
Short nameLC-A, PALC-A
OperatorUS Air Force
Total launches39
Launch pad(s)One
Launch history
StatusInactive
First launch14 July 1959
Last launch25 March 1966
Associated
rockets
Blue Scout Junior
Astrobee-1500
Black Brant III
DAC Roc
Honest John-Nike-Nike
Javelin
Journeyman
Nike-Asp
Seagull

Blue Scout Junior, Astrobee, Black Brant, DAC Roc, Honest John-Nike-Nike, Javelin, Journeyman, Nike-Asp and Seagull rockets were launched from the complex whilst it was active.

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