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Heritage Center (SLC-10)
Also Known As: See launch complex highlights
Systems- Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor
- Thor Burner I/Altair
- Thor Burner II
- Thor Burner IIA
- Thor Block 5D-1
Other Programs
- Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)
Cost: Not stated
Launch Complex Highlights
- Also known as - Space and Missile Heritage Center
- 1958 - Built as Thor IRBM launch complex with 3 launch pads
- Pad 6
- Also known as - Launch Emplacement 6, LE-6, Complex 75-2-6, 4300 B-6, Space Launch Complex 10 West, SLC-10W
- 1958 - Built as Thor IRBM launch pad
- 14 August 1959 - Sole launch of RAF Thor
- Pad was decommissioned and stripped of equipment after final Thor launch
- January-March 1962 - Equipment from the dismantled pad was shipped to Johnston Island for Launch Emplacement 1 (LE-1, JI)
- May 1963 - Equipment from the United Kingdom was shipped to Vandenberg AFB for pads 6 and 7
- May 1963 - Pad was rebuilt to support Thor Burner
- October 1963 - Construction complete and pad was named 4300 B-6
- 1964 - Complex 75-2 reactivated with only two launch pads named SLC-10 West and SLC-10 East
- 19 January 1965 - First launch, Thor Burner I/Altair
- 31 March 1966 - Last launch, Thor Burner I/Altair
- Total Thor Burner I launched - 6
- 1 April 1967 - Transferred to the 10th Aerospace Defense Group
- 16 September 1966 - First launch, Thor Burner II
- 8 June 1971 - Last launch, Thor Burner II
- Total Thor Burner II launched - 12
- 14 October 1971 - First launch, Thor Burner IIA
- 19 February 1976 - Last launch, Thor Burner IIA
- Total Thor Burner IIA launched - 8
- 11 September 1971 - First launch, Thor Block 5D-1
- 1 November 1979 - Strategic Air Command 394th Training Maintenance Squadron took over the pad
- 15 July 1980 - Last launch, Thor Block 5D-1
- Total Thor Burner Block 5D-1 launched - 5
- SLC-10W is deactivated
- Pad 7
- Also known as - Launch Emplacement 7, LE-7, Complex 75-2-7, 4300 B-7, Space Launch Complex 10 East, SLC-10E
- 1958 - Built as Thor IRBM launch pad
- Configured as a training site
- 16 June 1959 - First launch, RAF Thor
- 19 March 1962 - Last launch, RAF Thor
- Total launches - 6 RAF Thor (5 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
- Pad was decommissioned and stripped of equipment after final Thor launch
- January-March 1962 - Equipment from the dismantled pad was shipped to Johnson Island for Launch Emplacement 1 (LE-1, JI)
- May 1963 - Equipment from the United Kingdom was shipped to Vandenberg AFB for pads 6 and 7
- SLC-10E is deactivated
- Pad 8
- Also known as - Launch Emplacement 8, LE-8, Complex 75-2-8, this pad is not included as part of SLC-10
- 1958 - Built as Thor IRBM launch pad
- 16 April 1959 - First launch, RAF Thor
- 19 June 1962 - Last launch, RAF Thor
- Total RAF Thor launched - 7
- Pad 8 is deactivated
- 1986 - Designated National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service
