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Space Launch Complex 2 East
Also Known As: Complex 75-1-1, SLC-2E
Systems- Thor
- Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor
- Thor Agena B
- Thor Agena D
- Thor Able Star
- Thrust Augmented Thor (TAT) Agena D
- Long Tank Thor (Thorad) Agena D
- TAT Thor Delta
- Thorad Delta
Other Programs
- Argon
- Corona
- Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
- Explorer
- Transit
- Landsat
- Nimbus
- Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA)
- Tiros Operational Satellite (TOS)
- Polar Orbital Geophysical Observatory (POGO)
- Communications satellites
Cost: Not stated
Launch Complex Highlights
- 1957-1958 - Built to support the Thor IRBM
- Also supported Royal Air Force (RAF) Thor launches
- 16 December 1958 - Sole Thor launched
- Total launched - 1 Thor
- 3 August 1959 - First launch, RAF Thor
- 2 December 1959 - Last launch, RAF Thor
- Total launched - 3 RAF Thor
- 1960 - Modified to support the Thor Agena B
- 16 Jun 1961 - First launch, Thor Agena B
- 28 November 1965 - Last launch - Thor Agena B
- Total launched - 9 Thor Agena B
- 1962 - NASA acquired the site from the U.S. Air Force
- 1962 - Complex upgraded to support the Thor Agena D
- 28 June 1962 - First launch, Thor Agena D
- 19 July 1963 - Last launch, Thor Agena D
- Total launched - 7 Thor Agena D
- 1963 - Complex modified to support the Thor Able Star
- 28 September 1963 - First launch, Thor Able Star
- 13 August 1965 - Last launch, Thor Able Star
- Total launched - 6 Thor Able Star
- 1964 - Complex modified to support TAT Agena D
- 19 June 1964 - First launch, TAT Agena D
- 28 June 1967 - Last launch, TAT Agena D
- Total launched - 6 TAT Agena D
- 15 May 1966 - Sole TAT Agena B launched
- Total launched - 1 TAT Agena B
- 1966 - Complex upgraded to support TAT Thor Delta
- 2 October 1966 - First launch, TAT Thor Delta
- 1 April 1971 - Last launch, TAT Thor Delta
- Total launched - 9 TAT Thor Delta
- 1967-1968 - Complex modified to support the Thorad Agena D
- 18 May 1968 - First launch, Thorad Agena D
- 8 April 1970 - Last launch, Thorad Agena D
- Total launched - 5 Thorad Agena D
- 16 August 1968 - First launch, Thorad Delta
- 12 March 1972 - Last launch, Thorad Delta
- Total launched - 5 Thorad Delta
- 1975 - NASA abandoned complex which was then decommissioned and stripped of its gantry
