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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.

  • p. 6 …Lawrence Livermore Laboratory LLV-1 Lockheed Launch Vehicle 1. (Became Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle, and in…
  • p. 11 …Beginning with the eight mission, Pegasus was carried by a modified Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and…
  • p. 14 …The Athena rocket was formerly called LMLV (Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle). The name was changed in…
  • p. 101 …15 Aug 95 GEMSTAR 0404 SLC-6 LLV-1 SPACE 1 Lockheed 1 1716. 30 Aug…

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As of 3 Feb 2000

Chart II 1979-2000 & Totals

LAUNCH AGENCY	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	SUB TOTAL	GRAND TOTAL
AFSC	13	15	10	5	16	13	9	9	10	5	3	2	6	2 118	795
SAC	11	9	8	9	9	8	6	7	9	5	8	9	7	2 107	633
NAVY	1	3 2

1The Pegasus flight program began with three "captive" flights using inert vehicles. These missions were conducted on 9 Nov 89, 15 Dec 89, and 30 Jan 90. The first seven "live" Pegasus flights, beginning on 5 April 90, as well as the inert flights, originated from the Ames/Dryden Flight Research facility at Edwards AFB, California. They were carried aloft by a modified B-52 aircraft provided by NASA. Beginning with the eight mission, Pegasus was carried by a modified Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and was staged from Vandenberg AFB.

$ ^{2} $The Delta II program was operated by McDonnell Douglas Aerospace until the company was purchased by Boeing Aerospace, 4 August 1997.

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