Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 8

infobox Launch Pad
name = Space Launch Complex 8


caption = A Minotaur rocket launches Streak from SLC-8.
site = Vandenberg AFB
Previously California Spaceport
short = SLC-8
location = 34.58°N
120.63°W
operator = US Air Force
Previously California Spaceport
tlaunches = 5
pads = 1
inclination = 51° – 145°
status = Active
launches = 5
first = JAWSAT, 27 January 2000
last = FORMOSAT-3, 15 April 2006
rockets = Minotaur (current)

Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8), is a launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. It is used by Minotaur rockets. It was originally part of the California Spaceport, and was known as the Commercial Launch Facility (CLF) or Space Launch Facility (SLF).

As of September 2008, five Minotaur I rockets have been launched from SLC-8. The next scheduled launch from the complex is the maiden flight of the Minotaur IV, in early 2009, with the SBSS satellite.

References

*cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/vangslc8.htm|title=Vandenberg SLC8|first=Mark|last=Wade|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|accessdate=2008-09-28