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Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

U.S. Department of War · 2000-02-03 · 113 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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KOMPSAT
LAGEOS
LANDSAT
LBRV
LE
LF
LLL
LLV-1
LM
MACSAT
MAGSAT
MaST
MDA
MINT
MOD
MS
MSLS
MSTI
MSX
MUBLCOM
N/A
NASA
NAVSTAR
NDS
NOAA
NTS
NTV
'OBLSS
ORBCOMM (FM)
ORT
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OSL
OSTF
OT
Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite
Laser Geodynamic Satellite
Earth Resources Satellite
Large Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (See ABRV)
Launch Emplacement
Launch Facility
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Lockheed Launch Vehicle 1. (Became Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle, and in Sept 97 was renamed Athena.)
Lockheed Martin (Corporation)
Multiple Access Communications Satellite
Magnetic Field Measurement Satellite
Maneuvering Systems Technology
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace
Miniaturized Instrumented Nose Tip
Modernized Minuteman (R&D, DASO) Operational tests are identified by the suffix "M" in the nickname
Motorola Satcom
Multi-Service Launch System
Miniature Seeker Technology Integration
Midcourse Space Experiment
Multiple Path Beyond Line of Sight Communications
Not Applicable
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navigation Satellite (Formerly NDS)
Navigation Development Satellite
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Navigation Technology Satellite
Nosetip Vehicle
Operational Base Launch Safety System
Orbital Communications (Flight Module)
Operational Readiness Test
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Ogden Special Launch
Operational System Test Facility
Operational Test (Now OT PHASE I) (Category Ill before 1 July 1963)
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