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From: nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Vandenburg (was Re: Two Shuttles at Once???)
Summary: Titan 4 to use SLICK 6
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Date: 21 Sep 89 10:08:38 GMT
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In article <118@tasmania.micro.umn.edu> dal@tasmania.micro.umn.edu (David A. Larsen) writes:

>I heard from a pretty reliable source that they are converting that pad
>to a Titan 4 pad. In addition the USAF ( or military in general) plans
>to use the Titan 4's for most, if not all, of their payloads.

From AW&ST (July 17, p.34):

"Complex 4E will be completed for Titan 4 at Vandenberg in about a year,
Cogliatore [Titan 4 programme director] said. The second West Coast Titan 4
pad - Complex 6/7 - will be on line in the mid 1990s, he said".

As it was SLC 6 ("slick six") that the shuttle was to use, I guess
that's about it for the West Coast shuttle. Current USAF motto seems to
be "rather a straight eight than a slick six" :-)

Nick






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