title: Vandenberg Launch Complex 576A
text: # Vandenberg Launch Complex 576A
  
  34°44′22″N 120°37′09″W﻿ / ﻿34.73944°N 120.61917°W﻿ / 34.73944; -120.61917
  
  Launch Complex 576A, also known as Area 576, is a group of rocket launch pads at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The pads at the complex were used from 1959 until 1971 to launch SM-65 Atlas missiles. The site was also known as Complex ABRES. Pads in Area 576A include 576-A-1,2,3
  
  The first operational launch of an Atlas missile by the Strategic Air Command was conducted from 576-A-2 by the 576th Strategic Missile Squadron on September 9, 1959. It impacted 4,480 nautical miles (8,300 km) away, near Wake Island.
  
  The three launch sites are:
  
  * 576A-1 34°46′36″N 120°36′6″W﻿ / ﻿34.77667°N 120.60167°W﻿ / 34.77667; -120.60167
  * 576A-2 34°46′26″N 120°35′18″W﻿ / ﻿34.77389°N 120.58833°W﻿ / 34.77389; -120.58833
  * 576A-3 34°46′39″N 120°35′48″W﻿ / ﻿34.77750°N 120.59667°W﻿ / 34.77750; -120.59667
  
  ## 576A-1
  
  | Date | Site | Type | Codename |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26-Oct-62 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | CLOSED CIRCUITS |
  | 22-Dec-62 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | FLY HIGH |
  | 13-Feb-63 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | FLAG RACE |
  | 16-Mar-63 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | LEADING EDGE |
  | 1-Dec-64 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | BROOK TROUT |
  | 27-Feb-65 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | DRAG BAR |
  | 26-Mar-65 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | FRESH FROG |
  | 8-Jun-65 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | LEA RING |
  | 29-Nov-65 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | WILD GOAT |
  | 10-Feb-66 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | YEAST CAKE |
  | 4-Mar-66 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | ETERNAL CAMP |
  | 19-Mar-66 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | WHITE BEAR |
  | 3-May-66 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | CRAB CLAW |
  | 30-Jun-66 | 576A-1 | ATLAS D | HEAVY ARTILLERY |
  | 19-May-67 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | BUSY PIGSKIN |
  | 10-Nov-67 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 26-Feb-68 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 18-Apr-68 | 576A-1 | ATLAS E | -- |
  | 29-Jun-68 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 27-Sep-68 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 24-Nov-68 | 576A-1 | ATLAS F | -- |
  
  ## 576A-2
  
  | Date | Site | Type | Codename |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 9-Sep-59 | 576A-2 | ATLAS D | DESERT HEAT |
  | 5-Aug-65 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | SEA TRAMP |
  | 8-Aug-66 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | BUSY RAMROD |
  | 11-Oct-66 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | LOW HILL |
  | 17-Jan-67 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | BUSY STEPSON |
  | 16-Mar-67 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | LITTLE CHURCH |
  | 29-Jul-67 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | BREAD HOOK |
  | 14-Oct-67 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 6-Apr-68 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 3-May-68 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 1-Jun-68 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 11-Jul-68 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 17-Mar-69 | 576A-2 | ATLAS F | -- |
  
  ## 576A-3
  
  | Date | Site | Type | Codename |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26-Jan-60 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | DUAL EXHAUST |
  | 12-Dec-62 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | DEER PARK |
  | 31-Jan-63 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | FAINT CLICK |
  | 28-Feb-63 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | PITCH PINE |
  | 12-Jun-63 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | HARPOON GUN |
  | 4-Dec-64 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | OPERA GLASS |
  | 2-Mar-65 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | PORK BARREL |
  | 10-Jun-65 | 576A-3 | ATLAS D | STOCK BOY |
  | 13-Feb-67 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | BUSY BOXER |
  | 9-Jun-67 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 22-Jul-67 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 27-Oct-67 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 21-Dec-67 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 31-Jan-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 6-Mar-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS E | -- |
  | 27-Apr-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS E | -- |
  | 22-Jun-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 25-Sep-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 16-Nov-68 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  | 16-Jan-69 | 576A-3 | ATLAS F | -- |
  