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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.

  • p. 5 …Operational Satellite IWST Integrated Weapons System Training (RAF/SAC) JAWSAT Joint Air Force Academy Weber State
  • p. 7 …Scatterometer RADARSAT Radar Satellite RADCAL Radar Calibration RAF Royal Air Force R&D Research and Development…
  • p. 10 …1 2 1 2 1 1 21 RAF 10 5 4 2 21 AEC 10 1…
  • p. 15 …16 Apr 59 LIONS ROAR 1005 75-2-8 THOR IWST 2 RAF 1 5. 3…
  • p. 16 …3 Aug 59 BEAN BALL 1011 75-1-1 THOR IWST 4 RAF 3 21. 13…
  • p. 17 …22 Jun 60 CLAN CHATTAN 1034 75-2-7 THOR CTL 14 RAF 13 44. 27…
  • p. 18 …11 Oct 60 LEFT RUDDER 1040 75-2-8 THOR CTL 15 RAF 14 60. 11…
  • p. 19 …29 Mar 61 SHEPHERDS BUSH 1056 75-2-7 THOR CTL 17 RAF 16 81. 30…
  • p. 20 …6 Sep 61 SKYE BOAT 1072 LE-7 THOR CTL 19 RAF 18 97. 9 Sep…
  • p. 21 …19 Mar 62 BLACK KNIFE 8201 LE-7 THOR CTL 21 RAF 20 129. 23 Mar…
  • p. 22 …18 Jun 62 BLAZING CIDERS 9201 LE-8 THOR CTL 22 RAF 21 147. 22 Jun…
  • p. 106 …7LE-7 Last launch-19 Mar 62(RAF CTL) SLC-10W(soft) 1658 29 Oct 58…
  • p. 112 …BMDTTP Ballistic Missile Defense Test Target Program RAF Royal Air Force (United Kingdom) BMRS Ballistic Missile…
(1STRAD/HO-Mar 83)

LAUNCH FACILITY Bldg	ACCEPTANCE DATE BY AIR FORCE	DATE OF FIRST LAUNCH	PRESENT STATUS	ORIGINAL PURPOSE	CURRENT OR (LAST) USE	FORMER DESIGNATION	REMARKS
395-A LE-3 1879 Silo-lift (hard)	27 Sep 60	20 Jan 62	Decommissioned & stripped	TITAN I ICBM	(TITAN I)(Spec Test) Last launch - 14 Jan 65
395-B Silo (hard)	15 Jun 61	17 Feb 64	TITAN II ICBM	(TITAN II)(OT) Last launch on 20 May 69 involved an ICBM that had been on strategic alert in this silo for a year.
395-C Silo (hard)	4 May 61	16 Feb 63	Inactive	TITAN II ICBM	(TITAN II)(BMDTTP/SOT) FIRST VANDENBERG TITAN II LAUNCH Last launch - 27 Jun 76
395-D Silo (hard)	25 May 61	13 May 63	Decommissioned & stripped	TITAN II ICBM	(TITAN II)(OT) Last launch - 5 Apr 66
576-D Silo-lift (hard)	30 Jun 61	15 Mar 63	Decommissioned & stripped	ATLAS F ICBM	(ATLAS F)(DASO) Last launch - 31 Aug 64
576-E Silo-lift (hard)	7 Jul 61	1 Aug 62	ATLAS F ICBM	(ATLAS F)(Spec Test) Last launch - 22 Dec 64
SLC-5 (soft)	7 Nov 61*	26 Apr 62	Active	SCOUT Space	SCOUT Space	PALC-D	NASA/European Space Satellites launched aboard American boosters.
LF 00-02 Silo (hard)	21 Nov 61	12 Apr 63	Active	MM I ICBM	MM Training	394 A-1	WS-133AM Last launch - 26 Jul 75 "Pave Pepper II"
LF 00-03 Silo (hard)	21 Nov 61	30 Apr 63	Active	MM I ICBM	MM I RSLP	394 A-2	WS-133A (Minuteman I Model B) Non-Standard Launch Techniques
LF-00-04 Silo (hard)	1 Nov 61	28 Sep 62	Active	MM I ICBM	MM II OT	394 A-3	FIRST VANDENBERG MINUTEMAN LAUNCH WS-133AM/ILCS, Wings I & IV Improved Launch Control System

*Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to USAF Vandenberg AFB, 1 July 1967.

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