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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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(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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