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Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 East

rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States
Place launch_pad Q98460228

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
launch pad, military installation[4]
Inception
1959[8]
Owned by
United States Air Force, United States Space Force[5]
Country
United States[3]
Part of
Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 34.640°, -120.590°[9]
Short name
SLC-3E[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Santa Barbara County[2]
Operator
United States Air Force, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance[6]
Service entry
1961[10]
Significant event
construction, renovation for repurposing, renovation for repurposing, renovation for repurposing, renovation for repurposing, renovation for repurposing[11][12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Complex 1-2 en PALC 1-2 en Point Arguello Launch Complex 1-2 en SLC-3E en SLC3E en Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 East en Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3 East en Vandenberg SFB SLC-3E en Vandenberg SFB Space Launch Complex 3 East en Vandenberg SLC-3E en Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 3 East en Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 East

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Summary

Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 East is a launch pad[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Wikidata description → rocket launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Santa Barbara County
    Inception → +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ OpenStreetMap way ID: 563078621, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/563078621 in United States"
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