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Point Arguello Launch Complex A

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Short name
  
LC-A, PALC-A

Status
  
Inactive

Last launch
  
25 March 1966

Operator
  
United States Air Force

Launch pad(s)
  
One

First launch
  
14 July 1959

Launch site
  
Vandenberg Air Force Base

Total launches
  
39

Point Arguello Launch Complex A

Associated rockets
  
Blue Scout Junior Astrobee-1500 Black Brant III DAC Roc Honest John-Nike-Nike Javelin Journeyman Nike-Asp Seagull

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 which 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 AFB as PALC-A following the merger of Point Arguello into Vandenberg AFB in 1964.

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.

References

Point Arguello Launch Complex A Wikipedia