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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.

  • p. 6 …Lawrence Livermore Laboratory LLV-1 Lockheed Launch Vehicle 1. (Became Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle, and in…
  • p. 11 …Beginning with the eight mission, Pegasus was carried by a modified Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and…
  • p. 14 …The Athena rocket was formerly called LMLV (Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle). The name was changed in…
  • p. 101 …15 Aug 95 GEMSTAR 0404 SLC-6 LLV-1 SPACE 1 Lockheed 1 1716. 30 Aug…

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## KOMPSAT Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite

LAGEOS Laser Geodynamic Satellite

LANDSAT Earth Resources Satellite

LBRV Large Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (See ABRV)

LE Launch Emplacement

LF Launch Facility

LLL Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

LLV-1 Lockheed Launch Vehicle 1. (Became Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicle, and in Sept 97 was renamed Athena.)

LM Lockheed Martin (Corporation)

MACSAT Multiple Access Communications Satellite

MAGSAT Magnetic Field Measurement Satellite

MaST Maneuvering Systems Technology

MDA McDonnell Douglas Aerospace

MINT Miniaturized Instrumented Nose Tip

MOD Modernized Minuteman (R&D, DASO) Operational tests are identified by the suffix "M" in the nickname

MS Motorola Satcom

MSLS Multi-Service Launch System

MSTI Miniature Seeker Technology Integration

MSX Midcourse Space Experiment

MUBLCOM Multiple Path Beyond Line of Sight Communications

N/A Not Applicable

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite (Formerly NDS)

NDS Navigation Development Satellite

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NTS Navigation Technology Satellite

NTV Nosetip Vehicle

OBLSS Operational Base Launch Safety System

ORBCOMM (FM) Orbital Communications (Flight Module)

ORT Operational Readiness Test

OSC Orbital Sciences Corporation

OSL Ogden Special Launch

OSTF Operational System Test Facility

OT Operational Test (Now OT PHASE I) (Category III before 1 July 1963)

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