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Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

U.S. Department of War · 2000-02-03 · 113 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is the Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary for 1958 to 2000, compiled by the 30th Space Wing Office of History and current as of 3 February 2000. It is the official registry of all major launch operations from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, starting with the first launch on 16 December 1958. It includes a chronology, annual launch totals by booster and by command, a launch facility guide, and a glossary. It contains no discussion of unidentified aerial phenomena.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 2/3/00, N/A. This report summarizes the historical record of launches occurring at Vandenberg Air Force Base between 1958 and 2000.

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## ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY COMMAND 1958-1998

Chart I

1958-1978

LAUNCH AGENCY	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	SUB TOTAL
AFSC	1	8	13	29	57	63	48	51	64	63	42	42	29	28	25	24	23	22	16	12	17	677
SAC 1	7	2	15	45	69	50	55	38	24	34	44	43	21	13	14	14	15	12	10	526
NAVY 12 2	5 3	5	6	16	8	8	10	3	5	5	6	6	1	101
NASA 1	2 1 1	4	4	2	2	2	7	3	5	5	2	1	3	45
ADC 3	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	21
RAF 10	5	4	2 21
AEC 10	1	2	1	2 16
CRL 7	2	1	1 11
SUB TOTAL	1	31	43	40	79	116	119	101	123	113	78	95	85	84	65	44	49	47	41	32	32	1,418

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