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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.
“RAF”13 pages
- 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…
Chart II
LAUNCH VEHICLE 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 SUB TOTAL GRAND TOTAL
AMROC 1 1 1
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