Operational Silo Test Facility
 Vandenberg OSTF after explosion | |||||||||
| Launch site | Vandenberg AFB, California, US | ||||||||
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| Location | 34°48′16″N 120°32′46″W / 34.804329°N 120.546165°WCoordinates: 34°48′16″N 120°32′46″W / 34.804329°N 120.546165°W | ||||||||
| Short name | OSTF | ||||||||
| Operator | United States Air Force | ||||||||
| Launch pad(s) | 1 | ||||||||
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The Operational Silo Test Facility (OSTF) is a former United States Air Force intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, United States. It was a developmental launch site for the silo-based Titan missile series.
The site was destroyed on 3 December 1960, when a fully fueled Titan I missile fell down the into the silo atop a collapsed elevator. The ensuing explosion destroyed the site beyond repair. The first launch of a silo-based missile would take place 1,200 feet (370 m) to the northwest inside the Silo Launch Test Facility (SLTF).
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Bibliography
- Stumpf, David (2000). Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program (1st ed.). University of Arkansas Press. p. 249. ISBN 1-55728-601-9.
External links
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