Vandenberg Space Force Base Launch Facility 21 (LF-21) is a former US Air Force Intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility on Vandenberg SFB, California, USA. It was a launch site for the land-based Minuteman missile series. In the 2000s the silo was remodeled into a launch site for an Interceptor for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.[1]

Launch Facility 21
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Location34°51′39″N 120°35′44″W / 34.860944°N 120.595624°W / 34.860944; -120.595624
Short nameLF-21
OperatorUnited States Army
Launch pad(s)1
Launch history
StatusActive
Associated
rockets
Minuteman, Ground-Based Interceptor


See also

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Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 02

Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 03

References

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  1. ^ "Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) - Initial Defensive Operations Capability (IDOC) at Vandenberg Air Force Base" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-05.

34°51′40″N 120°35′43″W / 34.8610°N 120.5954°W / 34.8610; -120.5954