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Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000
U.S. Department of War · 2000-02-03 · 113 pages · text by GLM-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. 14 …D 43
TITAN I 20
TITAN II 58
TITAN II SLV 2 9
TITAN IIIIB/AGENA…
- p. 19 …27 Mar 61 N/A $\cdot$ PALC-B DEACON/ARROW II SPACE PROBE 4 AEC 11…
- p. 21 …20 Jan 62 DOUBLE MARTINI 1074 395 A-3 TITAN I DEMONSTRATION 3 AFSC 53
119…
- p. 22 …4 May 62 SILVER TOP 7201 395 A-1 TITAN I R&D 5 AFSC 64…
- p. 25 …16 Feb 63 AWFUL TIRED 0280 395-C TITAN II R&D 1 AFSC 113
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- p. 26 …27 Apr 63 DINNER PARTY 1040 395-C TITAN II R&D 2 AFSC 128
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- p. 27 …13 May 63 FLYING FROG 1085 395-D TITAN II R&D 3 AFSC 133
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- p. 28 …16 Jul 63 SILVER SPUR 1488 395 A-2 TITAN I DASO 13 SAC 43
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- p. 29 …23 Sep 63 TAR TOP 1792 395-D TITAN II R&D 5 AFSC 154
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- p. 30 …9 Nov 63 FIRE TRUCK 2293 395-C TITAN II R&D 6 AFSC 163
291…
- p. 31 …23 Jan 64 RED SAILS 3345 395-C TITAN II R&D 8 AFSC 174
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- p. 32 …13 Mar 64 APPLE PIE 3892 395-C TITAN II R&D 10 AFSC 181
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- p. 34 …30 Jul 64 COBRA SKIN 5342 395-D TITAN II DASO 11 SAC 105
373. 5…
- p. 35 …2 Oct 64 BLACK WIDOW 4907 395-C TITAN II DASO 14 SAC 124
400. 5…
- p. 36 …4 Nov 64 HIGH RIDER 5897 395-D TITAN II DASO 15 SAC 127
411. 4…
- p. 37 …5 Mar 65 WEST WIND II 6759 395 A-2 TITAN I ST 20 SAC 152…
- p. 38 …24 Mar 65 ARCTIC SUN 7355 395-B TITAN II OT 16 SAC 157
454. 25…
- p. 39 …21 May 65 FRONT SIGHT 7722 395-B TITAN II OT 19 SAC 168
472. 27…
- p. 40 …21 Jul 65 LONG BALL 7820 395-B TITAN II OT 22 SAC 178
494. 3…
- p. 41 …20 Oct 65 POWER BOX 7849 395-C TITAN II OT 26 SAC 185
516. 28…
- p. 42 …3 Feb 66 WINTER ICE 3662 395-D TITAN II OT 30 SAC 192
539. 9…
- p. 43 …25 Mar 66 CLOSE TOUCH 1851 395-C TITAN II OT 32 SAC 200
559. 25…
- p. 44 …20 Apr 66 LONG LIGHT 7984 395-B TITAN II OT 34 SAC 207
571. 22…
- p. 45 …22 Jul 66 GIANT TRAIN 7968 395-B TITAN II ST 36 SAC 221
604. 26…
- p. 46 …16 Sep 66 BLACK RIVER 7920 395-C TITAN II FOT 37 SAC 231
623. 16…
- p. 47 …24 Nov 66 BUBBLE GIRL 8807 395-B TITAN II FOT 38 SAC 241
645. 5…
- p. 49 …17 Mar 67 GIFT HORSE 7941 395-C TITAN II FOT 39 SAC 252
677. 22…
- p. 51 …23 Jun 67 BUGGY WHEEL 8022 395-B TITAN II FOT 41 SAC 265
714. 28…
- p. 52 …11 Sep 67 GLOWING BRIGHT 44 8038 395-B TITAN II FOT 42 SAC 272
735…
- p. 54 …28 Feb 68 GLORY TRIP 04T 8126 395-B TITAN II FOT 43 SAC 288
780…
- p. 55 …12 Jun 68 GLORY TRIP 08T 8172 395-C TITAN II FOT 45 SAC 296
805…
- p. 56 …21 Aug 68 GLORY TRIP 18T 7537 395-C TITAN II FOT 46 SAC 299
820…
- p. 57 …19 Nov 68 GLORY TRIP 26T 0852 395-C TITAN II FOT 47 SAC 303
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- p. 59 …20 May 69 GLORY TRIP 39T 3226 395-B TITAN II FOT 48 SAC 318
880…
- p. 60 …22 Jul 69 N/A 1127 SLC-10W THOR/BURNER II SPACE 8 ADC 6
898…
- p. 62 …16 Dec 69 MR CLEAN II 8044 LF-06 MINUTEMAN B BALLISTIC 155 AFSC 481
940…
- p. 63 …15 Apr 70 N/A 2863 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB/AGENA D SPACE 26 AFSC 489…
- p. 64 …27 May 70 GLORY TRIP 65B 5207 LF-03 MINUTEMAN B OT PHASE II 161 SAC…
- p. 65 …18 Aug 70 N/A 7874 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB/AGENA D SPACE 28 AFSC 501…
- p. 66 …5 Oct 70 GLORY TRIP 77B 4286 LF-09 MINUTEMAN B OT PHASE II 171 SAC…
- p. 67 …28 Jan 71 GLORY TRIP 90B 7315 LF-09 MINUTEMAN B OT PHASE II 176 SAC…
- p. 68 …20 Jun 71 M1-17 2709 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 49 SAC 405
1065…
- p. 69 …27 Aug 71 M2-1 0291 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 50 SAC 413
1081…
- p. 70 …18 Oct 71 GLORY TRIP 98B 6982 LF-09 MINUTEMAN B OT PHASE II 188 SAC…
- p. 71 …PHASE II 110 SAC 433
1127. 20 May 72 N/A 6574 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB…
- p. 72 …24 May 72 M2-10 6639 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 51 SAC 434
1129…
- p. 73 …11 Oct 72 M2-14 4006 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 52 SAC 441
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- p. 74 …21 Dec 72 N/A 3978 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB/AGENA D SPACE 39 AFSC 563…
- p. 75 …5 Oct 73 M2-27 8340 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 53 SAC 460
1207…
- p. 76 …1 Mar 74 M2-31 7443 395-C TITAN II SOT/SAFEGUARD 54 SAC 463
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- p. 77 …27 Mar 74 GLORY TRIP 117M-1 8662 LF-07 MINUTEMAN F OT PHASE II 125…
- p. 78 …9 Jan 75 SOFT-1 2592 395-C TITAN II SOFT/SOT 55 SAC 476
- p. 79 …29 Jan 75 GLORY TRIP 48GM 3375 LF-04 MINUTEMAN G OT PHASE II 68 SAC…
- p. 80 …7 Aug 75 DG-2 5006 395-C TITAN II SOT 56 SAC 481
1293. 8…
- p. 81 …4 Dec 75 DG-4 5678 395-C TITAN II SOT 57 SAC 488
1310. 5…
- p. 82 …27 Jun 76 ITF-1 8440 395-C TITAN II SOT 58 SAC 498
1335. 30…
- p. 83 …PHASE II 93 SAC 508
1361. 13 Mar 77 N/A 4915 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB…
- p. 84 …27 Jun 77 N/A 4800 SLC-4E TITAN IIID SPACE 14 AFSC 654
1371. 28…
- p. 85 …PHASE II 107 SAC 521
1402. 14 Jun 78 N/A 4515 SLC-4E TITAN IIID…
- p. 86 …PHASE II 146 SAC 523
1409. 4 Aug 78 N/A 7310 SLC-4W TITAN IIIB…
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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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