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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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  • p. 7 …Solar, Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer SEASAT Sea Observation Satellite SENT Severe nose-tip Environment Test…
  • p. 38 …13 Apr 65 SEA POINT 7399 LF-02 MINUTEMAN B OT 50 SAC 160 461. 13…
  • p. 40 …5 Aug 65 SEA TRAMP 7650 ABRES A-2 ATLAS F ABRES 14 AFSC 247 497…
  • p. 41 …22 Dec 65 SEA ROVER 7914 395-C TITAN II OT 29 SAC 189
  • p. 42 …2 Feb 66 SEA LEVEL 7291 PALC-1-1 TAT/AGENA D SPACE 46 AFSC 275…
  • p. 47 …13 Oct 66 SEA RAVEN 2471 LF-03 MINUTEMAN B FOT 85 SAC 236 635. 14…
LAUNCH SEQ	DATE	NICKNAME	OP #	FACILITY	VEHICLE TYPE	PROGRAM	CUM BY BOOSTER	COMMAND	CUM BY COMMAND
39.	15 Apr 60	RAM HORN	1029	75-3-5	THOR/AGENA A	SPACE	11	AFSC	12
40.	22 Apr 60	QUICK START	1031	576 B-2	ATLAS D	ORT	3	SAC	3
41.	29 Apr 60	N/A	●	PALC-B	NIKE/VIPER I	SPACE PROBE	2	AEC	2
42.	6 May 60	LUCKY DRAGON	1032	576 B-1	ATLAS D	ORT	4	SAC	4
43.	22 Jun 60	CLAN CHATTAN	1034	75-2-7	THOR	CTL	14	RAF	13
44.	27 Jun 60	N/A	●	PALC-B	NIKE/VIPER I	SPACE PROBE	3	AEC	3
45.	29 Jun 60	RED GARTER	1030	75-3-4	THOR/AGENA A	SPACE	12	AFSC	13
46.	1 Jul 60	N/A	0045	PALC-B	DEACON/ARROW II	SPACE PROBE	1	AEC	4
47.	8 Jul 60	N/A	0023	PALC-B	DEACON/ARROW II	SPACE PROBE	2	AEC	5
48.	14 Jul 60	N/A	0001	PALC-B	DEACON/ARROW II	SPACE PROBE	3	AEC	6
49.	20 Jul 60	N/A	0004	PALC-B	NIKE/CAJUN	SPACE PROBE	1	AEC	7
50.	22 Jul 60	TIGER SKIN	1033	576 B-1	ATLAS D	ORT	5	SAC	5
51.	10 Aug 60	FOGGY BOTTOM	1035	75-3-5	THOR/AGENA A	SPACE	13	AFSC	14
52.	12 Aug 60	N/A	0071	PALC-B	KIVA/HOPI	SPACE PROBE	1	CRL	1
53.	18 Aug 60	LIMBER LEG	1036	75-3-4	THOR/AGENA A	SPACE	14	AFSC	15
54.	12 Sep 60	GOLDEN JOURNEY	1037	576 B-3	ATLAS D	DASO	6	SAC	6
55.	13 Sep 60	COFFEE CALL	1038	75-3-5	THOR/AGENA A	SPACE	15	AFSC	16
56.	19 Sep 60	N/A	$\cdot$	PALC-A	SERGEANT/LANCEA	SPACE PROBE	1	NASA	1
57.	29 Sep 60	HIGH ARROW	1039	576 B-2	ATLAS D	DASO	7	SAC	7

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