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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.
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- p. 46 …2 Oct 66 BUSY MALLET 5374 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 1 NASA 5
- p. 48 …26 Jan 67 BUSY PENNY 7690 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 2 NASA 6
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- p. 49 …20 Apr 67 BUCKLE PAINTER 0620 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 3 NASA 7
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- p. 56 …4 Jul 68 N/A 6910 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 7 NASA 11
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- p. 57 …15 Dec 68 N/A 5577 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 9 NASA 13
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- p. 58 …29 Jan 69 N/A 0149 SLC-2E THOR/DELTA SPACE 10 NASA 14
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- p. 62 …23 Jan 70 N/A 6522 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 12 NASA 16
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- p. 72 …23 Jul 72 N/A 8050 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 18 NASA 22
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- p. 73 …15 Oct 72 N/A 2056 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 19 NASA 23
1154. 16…
- p. 75 …16 Jul 73 N/A 7473 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 21 NASA 27
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1239. 6 Jun…
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1251. 8 Sep…
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1270. 29…
- p. 80 …8 Aug 75 COS-B 5470 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 28 NASA 38
1294. 14…
- p. 81 …3 May 76 LAGEOS 5504 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 30 NASA 40
1327. 5 May…
- p. 82 …29 Jul 76 ITOS 5491 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 31 NASA 41
1340. 6 Aug…
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1381. 3 Nov…
- p. 85 …5 Mar 78 LANDSAT-C 7055 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 32 NASA 43
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- p. 86 …24 Oct 78 NIMBUS-G 5744 SLC-2W THOR/DELTA SPACE 33 NASA 45
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- p. 87 …30 Oct 79 MAGSAT 6959 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 54 NASA 46
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1483. 12 Jun…
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1491. 24 Nov…
- p. 91 …25 Jan 83 IRAS 9405 SLC-2W DELTA SPACE 4 NASA 51
1513. 7 Feb 83…
- p. 92 …27 Jun 83 STP 83-1 7345 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 56 NASA 53
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- p. 93 …11 Oct 84 NOVA III 8383 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 57 NASA 55
1559. 18 Oct…
- p. 94 …2 Aug 85 SOOS 0219 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 58 NASA 56
1573. 23 Aug 85…
- p. 95 …13 Nov 86 POLAR BEAR 5853 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 59 NASA 57
1595. 5 Dec…
- p. 96 …16 Sep 87 SOOS-2 8110 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 60 NASA 58
1611. 21 Sep…
- p. 97 …18 Nov 89 COBE 0704 SLC-2W DELTA SPACE 7 NASA 62
1642. 6 Feb 90…
- p. 98 …9 May 90 MACSAT 9427 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 64 NASA 63
1649. 16 May 90…
- p. 99 …3 Jul 92 SAMPEX 7339 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 66 NASA 65
1678. 15 Sep 92…
- p. 100 …25 Jun 93 RADCAL 0457 SLC-5 SCOUT SPACE 68 NASA 67
1688. 2 Jul 93…
- p. 101 …4 Nov 95 RADARSAT 9381 SLC-2W DELTA II SPACE 1 NASA 69
1718. 5 Dec…
- p. 105 …7778 SLC-4W TITAN II SPACE 8 NASA 72
1781 29 Aug 992 GLORY TRIP 170GM…
- p. 106 …Jun 61Last Launch-11 Mar 72Transferred to NASA
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*Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to USAF Vandenberg AFB, 16 August 1965.
## VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SUMMARY 1958-2000
30th SPACE WING Office of History
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