Vandenberg Launch Complex 576A

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 4480 nmi away, near Wake Island.

The three launch sites are:


 * 576A-1 34.77667°N, -120.60167°W
 * 576A-2 34.77389°N, -120.58833°W
 * 576A-3 34.7775°N, -120.59667°W