DOW-UAP-D49-Launch-Summary-February-2000.pdf

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VANDENB.ERG AFB 
LAUNCH SUMMARY 
1958 - 2000 
30th SPACE WING 
Office of History 

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DISTRIBUTION LIST 
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30th RANS/DOUS 
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30th RANS/DOU 
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30th SW/CP 
1 
30th SW/PA 
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30th SW/SEOO 
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30th SW/XPR 
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30th SW/CCT 
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30th OSS/D00 
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30th Techical Library 
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576th FlTS/TEE 
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576th FLTS/TEM 
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Aerospace Corporation 
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Boeing Defense & Space Group 
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ITT Federal Services Corporation 
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TRW 
As of: 3 February 2000 
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HQ USAF/XOFS 
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HQ AFSPC/HO 
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HQ AFSPC/DOSL 
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HQ USSPACECOM/SPJ330S 
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HO USSPACECOM/HO 
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2 SWG/DOOL 
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45th SW/HO 
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SMC/HO 
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HO NASA 
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HO AFMC/ORS 
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Ogden ALC/LMIM 
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JIC/ODT 
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TRW/SEDD 
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
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FOREWORD 
This is the official registry of all major launch operations conducted from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 
California. The vehicles are presented in chronofogical order beginning with the first launch on 16 December 
1958. Launch dates reflect Vandenberg local time. 
The information is further grouped into two matrixes titled: "ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY BOOSTER" 
and "ANNUAL LAUNCH SUMMARY BY COMMAND." Two additional items contained in this document are a 
"LAUNCH FACILITY GUIDE" and a ''GLOSSARY." 
In the main chronology section, the two columns reporting cumulative numbers by booster a…

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ABRES 
ABRV 
ACC 
ACE 
ADC 
AE 
AEC 
AFMC 
AFSC 
AFSPC 
AMARV 
AMROC 
ANT 
AST 
ASTP 
ASTRID 
BALLISTIC 
BATSAT 
BOMARC 
BMRS 
COBE 
cos 
CRL 
CTL 
DAD 
DASO 
DG 
DMSP 
DMSS 
DT 
GLOSSARY 
Advanced Ballistic Reentry System 
Advanced Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (Formerly LBRV) 
Air Combat Command (Strategic Air Command [SAC] prior to 1 June 1992.) 
Advanced Control Experiment 
Aerospace Defense Command 
Atmosphere Explorer 
Atomic Energy Commission 
Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force Systems Command [AFSC] prior to 1 July 1992.) 
Air Force Systems Command (Air Research & Development C…

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DT&E 
DT&E PHASE I 
DT&E PHASE II 
DUAL LAUNCH 
EOS 
ERCS 
EXOSAT 
FAST 
FOE 
FOT 
FTM 
GB\ 
GEOS 
GEOSAT 
GFO 
GLCM 
GRP 
HCMM 
HP 
ICBM 
IDF 
IFT 
IPA 
!PMS 
IRAS 
IRBM 
IRR 
IRS 
ITOS 
!WST 
JAWSAT 
Development Test & Evaluation 
Development Test & Evaluation (Missile Functional Performance [Peacekeeperll 
Development Test & Evaluation (Missile Reentry Vehicle Capabilities and Silo lntergradation [Peacekeeper]) 
The launch of two missiles one after another 
Earth Observation System 
Emergency Rocket Communications System (494L) 
X-Ray Observatory Satellite 
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explo…

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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 
osc 
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 Satell…

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OT PHASE/ 
OT PHASE II 
PALC 
PAS 
PLC 
PAP 
PVM 
QuickScat 
RADARSAT 
RADCAL 
RAF 
R&D 
REX 
RSLP 
SAC 
SAFEGUARD 
SALVO 
SAMAST 
SAMPEX 
SEASAT 
SENT 
SET 
SFT 
SLC 
SLF 
SLTF 
SLV 
SM 
SMLV 
SNOE 
SOOS 
SOT 
SPACE 
(See OT)· 
(See FOT) 
Point Arguello Launch Complex 
Penetration Aids Study 
Probe Launch Complex 
Propulsion Replacement System 
Production Verification Missile 
Quick Scatterometer 
Radar Satellite 
Radar Calibration 
Royal Air Force 
Research and Development (Category I & 11 before 1 July 1963) 
Radiation Experiment 
Reentry Systems Launch Program 
Strategic Air Command …

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SPACEPROBE 
ST 
STEX 
STM 
STP 
STREP 
SWAS 
TAC 
TARGET 
TAT 
TD 
TOT 
TDV 
TERRIERS 
TIP 
TOMS-EP 
TREP 
TP 
TRACE 
UTE 
WIRE 
Non-orbital space operations 
Special Test 
Space Technology Experiment 
Special Test Missile 
Special Test Program 
System Technology Reentry Experiments Program 
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite 
Tactical Air Command 
Missile target for surface-to-air/air-to-air missile firing practice 
Thrust Augmented Thor 
Technology Demonstration 
Target Development Test 
Technology Development Vehicle 
Tomographic Experiment using Radioactive Recombinative Io…