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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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LAUNCH SEQ DATE NICKNAME OP # FACILITY VEHICLE TYPE PROGRAM CUM BY BOOSTER COMMAND CUM BY COMMAND 430. 8 Jan 65 PILOT LIGHT 6433 576-G ATLAS F ST 13 SAC 140 431. 12 Jan 65 PENSIL SET 6973 576-B1 ATLAS D ABRES 54 SAC 141 432. 14 Jan 65 WEST WIND III 6765 395 A-3 TITAN I ST 19 SAC 142 433. 15 Jan 65 BUCKET FACTORY 3928 75-3-5 TAT/AGENA D SPACE 13 AFSC 220 434. 18 Jan 65 ASTRAL LAMP 7040 4300 B-6 THOR/ALTAIR SPACE 1 SAC 143 435. 20 Jan 65 PURPLE LIGHT 6751 LF-03 MINUTEMAN B OT 41 SAC 144 436. 21 Jan 65 BEAVERS DAM 6967 576 B-3 ATLAS D ABRES 55 SAC 145 437. 23 Jan 65 SAND LARK 4703 PALC-2-3 ATLAS/AGENA D SPACE 15 AFSC 221 438. 2 Feb 65 RED BRIDGE 7068 LF-02 MINUTEMAN B OT 42 SAC 146 439. 2 Feb 65 SIDE TRIP 7065 LF-08 MINUTEMAN B OT 43 SAC 147 440. 8 Feb 65 PRONTO ROSE 7094 LF-09 MINUTEMAN B OT 44 SAC 148 441. 25 Feb 65 BOAT CAMP 4782 PALC-1-1 TAT/AGENA D SPACE 32 AFSC 222 442. 27 Feb 65 DRAG BAR 7257 576 A-1 ATLAS D ABRES 56 SAC 149 443. 1 Mar 65 GOLDEN ROSE 7308 LF-08 MINUTEMAN B OT 45 SAC 150 444. 2 Mar 65 PORK BARREL 7184 576 A-3 ATLAS D ABRES 57 SAC 151 445. 5 Mar 65 WEST WIND II 6759 395 A-2 TITAN I ST 20 SAC 152 446. 8 Mar 65 DOCK BELL 7301 LF-07 MINUTEMAN B OT 46 SAC 153 447. 9 Mar 65 DEUCE SPOT 4988 75-1-2 THOR/AGENA D SPACE 20 AFSC 223 448. 11 Mar 65 BUSH CATTLE 7087 75-1-1 THOR/ABLE-STAR SPACE 6 AFSC 224 449. 12 Mar 65 SHIP RAIL 4920 PALC-2-3 ATLAS/AGENA D SPACE 16 AFSC 225
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 113 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.