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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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## GLOSSARY ABRES Advanced Ballistic Reentry System ABRV Advanced Ballistic Reentry Vehicle(Formerly LBRV) ACC Air Combat Command(Strategic Air Command[SAC]prior to1June1992.) ACE Advanced Control Experiment ADC Aerospace Defense Command AE Atmosphere Explorer AEC Atomic Energy Commission AFMC Air Force Materiel Command(Air Force Systems Command[AFSC]prior to1July1992.) AFSC Air Force Systems Command(Air Research&Development Command[ARDC]prior to1Apr1961.) AFSPC Air Force Space Command AMARV Advanced Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle AMROC American Rocket Company ANT Advanced Nose Tip AST Airborne Surveillance Testbed ASTP Army Special Test Program ASTRID Advanced Single Stage Rapid Insertion BALLISTIC Flight exercise involving ballistic reentry BATSAT Basic Advanced Technology Satellite BOMARC Boeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Center BMRS Ballistic Missile Reentry System COBE Cosmic Background Explorer COS Cosmic Ray Observation Satellite CRL USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories(Merged into AFSC on1April1971) CTL Combat Training Launch DAD Dual Air Density DASO Demonstration and Shakedown Operation(CategoryIIIbefore1July1963) DG Data Gathering DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DMSS Defense Meteorological Satellite System DT Dedicated Target
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