Vandenberg Launch Facility 21

Launch Facility 21
Location	34°51′39″N120°35′44″W / 34.860944°N 120.595624°W
Short name	LF-21
Operator	United States Army
Launch pad	1
Status
Launch history
Status	Active
Associated; rockets	Minuteman, Ground-Based Interceptor

Last updated October 29, 2025

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]

References

↑ "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″N120°35′43″W / 34.8610°N 120.5954°W / 34.8610; -120.5954

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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.

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Vandenberg Launch Facility 21

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