Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 8
A Minotaur rocket launches Streak from SLC-8. | |||||||||||||
| Launch site | Vandenberg Space Force Base | ||||||||||||
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| Location | 34°34′34″N 120°37′57″W / 34.5762°N 120.6324°W | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) | ||||||||||||
| UTC−07:00 (PDT) | |||||||||||||
| Short name | SLC-8 | ||||||||||||
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| Launch pad(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Orbital inclination range | 51° – 145° | ||||||||||||
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Space Launch Complex 8 (SLC-8), is a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States. It is currently only used by Minotaur rockets. It was originally part of the California Spaceport and was known as the Commercial Launch Facility (CLF) or Space Launch Facility (SLF). In addition to supporting occasional Minotaur rockets, SLC-8 is capable of hosting small launch vehicles thanks to a new clean pad built in 2019. Much like the Minotaur rocket family itself, SLC-8 has seen little use since the early 2010s.
As of April 2025, ten rockets - six Minotaur I and four Minotaur IV - have been launched from SLC-8.