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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.

  • p. 31 …29 Jan 64 ECHO HILL 3285 LF-03 MINUTEMAN B DASO 9 SAC 74 319. 6…
  • p. 46 …16 Sep 66 SNOW HILL 7231 LF-03 MINUTEMAN B FOT 83 SAC 232 625. 20…
  • p. 47 …3 Oct 66 GROVE HILL 0335 LF-06 MINUTEMAN A FOT 50 SAC 235 631. 5…
LAUNCH
SEQ	DATE	NICKNAME	OP#	FACILITY	VEHICLE TYPE	PROGRAM	CUM BY
BOOSTER	COMMAND	CUM BY
COMMAND
849.	29 Jan 69	N/A	5265	LF-08	MINUTEMAN F	ST	40	AFSC	442
850.	29 Jan 69	SPEC TEST 1	5606	LF-02	MINUTEMAN F	ST	41	AFSC	443
851.	29 Jan 69	N/A	1154	BOM-1	BOMARC A	TARGET	16	NAVY	35
852.	29 Jan 69	N/A	0149	SLC-2E	THOR/DELTA	SPACE	10	NASA	14
853.	30 Jan 69	GLORY TRIP 32B	2664	LF-03	MINUTEMAN B	FOT	137	SAC	308
854.	2 Feb 69	GIANT FIST 5	5263	LF-04	MINUTEMAN F	MOD/DASO	42	SAC	309
855.	5 Feb 69	N/A	3890	SLC-3W	THORAD/AGENA D	SPACE	19	AFSC	444
856.	20 Feb 69	OLYMPIC TRIALS B-8	5311	LF-09	MINUTEMAN B	ST	138	SAC	310
857.	21 Feb 69	N/A	1075	BOM-2	BOMARC A	TARGET	17	NAVY	36
858.	4 Mar 69	N/A	4248	SLC-4W	TITAN IIIB/AGENA D	SPACE	20	AFSC	445
859.	7 Mar 69	SPEC TEST 2	0212	LF-05	MINUTEMAN F	ST	43	AFSC	446
860.	12 Mar 69	GIANT FIST 3	7844	LF-04	MINUTEMAN F	MOD/DASO	44	SAC	311
861.	15 Mar 69	N/A	0832	BOM-1	BOMARC A	TARGET	18	NAVY	37
862.	17 Mar 69	N/A	0070	ABRES A-2	ATLAS F	SPACE	41	AFSC	447
863.	19 Mar 69	N/A	3722	SLC-3W	THORAD/AGENA D	SPACE	20	AFSC	448
864.	22 Mar 69	N/A	6089	LF-21	MINUTEMAN F	ST	45	AFSC	449
865.	24 Mar 69	GLORY TRIP 33B	3935	LF-07	MINUTEMAN B	FOT	139	SAC	312
866.	25 Mar 69	GLORY TRIP 34B	4245	LF-03	MINUTEMAN B	FOT	140	SAC	313
867.	11 Apr 69	N/A	8040	LF-02	MINUTEMAN G	R&D	1	AFSC	450
868.	13 Apr 69	N/A	1085	SLC-2E	THORAD/AGENA D	SPACE	21	AFSC	451

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