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Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

U.S. Department of War · 2000-02-03 · 113 pages · text by 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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LAUNCH
SEQ	DATE	NICKNAME	OP#	FACILITY	VEHICLE TYPE	PROGRAM	CUM BY
BOOSTER	AGENCY/
COMMAND	CUM BY
COMMAND
1760.	1 Apr 98	TRACE	0380	Air Lift	PEGASUS XL	SPACE	10	OSC	12
1761.	7 May 98	GLORY TRIP 27PA	6388	LF-05	PEACEKEEPER	FDE	45	AFSPC	43
1762.	13 May 98	NOAA-K	3899	SLC-4W	TITAN II	SPACE	7	AFSPC	44
1763.	17 May 98	IRIDIUM(MS-9)	3628	SLC-2W	DELTA II	SPACE	12	BOEING	9
1764.	3 Jun 98	GLORY TRIP 167GB	7030	SLC-2W	MINUTEMAN G	FDE	223	AFSPC	45
1765.	24 Jun 981	IDF-1	0118	LF-09	MINUTEMAN G	GRP	224	AFSPC	46
1766. GLORY TRIP 168GM	2513	LF-10	MINUTEMAN G	FDE	225	AFSPC	47
1767.	8 Sep 98	IRIDIUM(MS-10)	4826	SLC-2W	DELTA II	SPACE	13	BOEING	10
1768.	18 Sep 98	IDF-2	7147	LF-26	MINUTEMAN G	GRP	226	AFSPC	48
1769.	3 Oct 981	STEX	0129	576E	TAURUS	SPACE	3	OSC	13
1770.	6 Nov 98	IRIDIUM(MS-11)	3418	SLC-2W	DELTA II	SPACE	14	BOEING	11
1771.	5 Dec 98	SWAS	7151	Air Lift	PEGASUS XL	SPACE	11	OSC	14
1772.	10 Feb 99	GLORY TRIP 169GM	3985	LF-04	MINUTEMAN G	FDE	227	AFSPC	49
1773.	23 Feb 993	ARGOS	4585	SLC-2W	DELTA II	SPACE	15	BOEING	12
1774.	4 Mar 99	WIRE	1051	Air Lift	PEGASUS XL	SPACE	12	OSC	15
1775.	10 Mar 99	GLORY TRIP 28PA	1036	LF-02	PEACEKEEPER	FDE	46	AFSPC	50
1776.	15 Apr 99	LANDSAT-7	6374	SLC-2W	DELTA II	SPACE	16	BOEING	13

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