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This is the Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary for 1958 to 2000, prepared by the 30th Space Wing Office of History and dated as of 3 February 2000. It calls itself the official registry of all major launch operations from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, listed in chronological order starting with the first launch on 16 December 1958. It also has annual launch totals by booster and by command, a launch facility guide, launcher status histories and a glossary. It does not discuss any 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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ABRES
ABRV
ACC
ACE
ADC
AE
AEC
AFMC
AFSC
AFSPC
AMARV
AMROC
ANT
AST
ASTP
ASTRID
BALLISTIC
BATSAT
BOMARC
BMRS
COBE
cos
CRL
CTL
DAD
DASO
DG
DMSP
DMSS
DT
GLOSSARY
Advanced Ballistic Reentry System
Advanced Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (Formerly LBRV)
Air Combat Command (Strategic Air Command [SAC] prior to 1 June 1992.)
Advanced Control Experiment
Aerospace Defense Command
Atmosphere Explorer
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force Systems Command [AFSC] prior to 1 July 1992.)
Air Force Systems Command (Air Research & Development Command [ARDC] prior to 1 Apr 1961.)
Air Force Space Command
Advanced Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
American Rocket Company
Advanced Nose Tip
Airborne Surveillance Testbed
Army Special Test Program
Advanced Single Stage Rapid Insertion
Flight exercise involving ballistic reentry
Basic Advanced Technology Satellite
Boeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Center
Ballistic Missile Reentry System
Cosmic Background Explorer
Cosmic Ray Observation Satellite
USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories (Merged into AFSC on 1 April 1971)
Combat Training Launch
Dual Air Density
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation {Category Ill before 1 July 1963)
Data Gathering
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Defense Meteorological Satellite System
Dedicated Target
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