DoW UAP - Release 1 DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000
DOW-UAP-D49, LAUNCH SUMMARY, VANDENBERG AFB, 2000
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VANDENBERG AFB
LAUNCH SUMMARY
1958 - 2000
[Image: 30th Space Wing emblem containing the text "30TH SPACE WING"]
30th SPACE WING
Office of History
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DISTRIBUTION LIST
1 30th RANS/DOUS 1 HQ USAF/XOFS
1 30th RANS/DOU 1 HQ AFSPC/HO
1 30th SW/CP 1 HQ AFSPC/DOSL
1 30th SW/PA 1 HQ USSPACECOM/SPJ330S
1 30th SW/SEOO 1 HQ USSPACECOM/HO
1 30th SW/XPR 1 2 SWG/DOOL
1 30th SW/CCT 1 45th SW/HO
1 30th OSS/DOO 1 SMC/HO
1 30th Techical Library 1 HQ NASA
1 576th FLTS/TEE 1 HQ AFMC/ORS
1 576th FLTS/TEM 2 Ogden ALC/LMIM
2 Aerospace Corporation 1 JIC/ODT
1 Boeing Defense & Space Group 1 TRW/SEDD
2 ITT Federal Services Corporation 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2 TRW 1 PA-MSB, Kennedy Space Center
1 KSC Library
2 Orbital Sciences Corp
As of: 3 February 2000
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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 chronological 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 and command represent only Vandenberg operations. They do not include, for instance, Titan IV launches conducted on the East Coast at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The 30th Space Wing History Office (30th SW/HO) periodically updates the Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary book. Questions may be directed to the undersigned at DSN 275-6421 or commercially at (805) 605-6421.
JEFFREY GEIGER
Office of History
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GLOSSARY
Acronym Definition
ABRES Advanced Ballistic Reentry System
ABRV Advanced Ballistic Reentry Vehicle (Formerly LBRV)
ACC Air Combat Command (Strategic Air Command [SAC] prior to 1 June 1992.)
ACE Advanced Control Experiment
ADC Aerospace Defense Command
AE Atmosphere Explorer
AEC Atomic Energy Commission
AFMC Air Force Materiel Command (Air Force Systems Command [AFSC] prior to 1 July 1992.)
AFSC Air Force Systems Command (Air Research & Development Command [ARDC] prior to 1 Apr 1961.)
AFSPC Air Force Space Command
AMARV Advanced Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
AMROC American Rocket Company
ANT Advanced Nose Tip
AST Airborne Surveillance Testbed
ASTP Army Special Test Program
ASTRID Advanced Single Stage Rapid Insertion
BALLISTIC Flight exercise involving ballistic reentry
BATSAT Basic Advanced Technology Satellite
BOMARC Boeing and Michigan Aeronautical Research Center
BMRS Ballistic Missile Reentry System
COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
COS Cosmic Ray Observation Satellite
CRL USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories (Merged into AFSC on 1 April 1971)
CTL Combat Training Launch
DAD Dual Air Density
DASO Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (Category III before 1 July 1963)
DG Data Gathering
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DMSS Defense Meteorological Satellite System
DT Dedicated Target
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Acronym Definition
DT&E Development Test & Evaluation
DT&E PHASE I Development Test & Evaluation (Missile Functional Performance [Peacekeeper])
DT&E PHASE II Development Test & Evaluation (Missile Reentry Vehicle Capabilities and Silo Intergradation [Peacekeeper])
DUAL LAUNCH The launch of two missiles one after another
EOS Earth Observation System
ERCS Emergency Rocket Communications System (494L)
EXOSAT X-Ray Observatory Satellite
FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
FDE Force Development Evaluation (Replace the term OT PHASE II testing)
FOT Follow-on Operational Test (Replaced by OT PHASE II) (Category IV before 1 July 1963)
FTM Flight Test Missile
GBI Ground Based Interceptor
GEOS Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite
GEOSAT Geodetic Satellite (Navy)
GFO Geosat Follow-on
GLCM Ground Launch Cruise Missile
GRP Guidance Replacement Program
HCMM Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
HP Helicopter Pad
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IDF Integrated Demonstration Flight
IFT Integrated Flight Test
IPA ICBM Penetration Aids
IPMS Inertial navigation system Performance Measurement System
IRAS Infrared Astronomical Satellite
IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRR Industrial Research Rocket
IRS Interim Recovery System
ITOS Improved Tiros Operational Satellite
IWST Integrated Weapons System Training (RAF/SAC)
JAWSAT Joint Air Force Academy Weber State
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Acronym Definition
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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Acronym Definition
OT PHASE I (See OT)
OT PHASE II (See FOT)
PALC Point Arguello Launch Complex
PAS Penetration Aids Study
PLC Probe Launch Complex
PRP Propulsion Replacement System
PVM Production Verification Missile
QuickScat Quick Scatterometer
RADARSAT Radar Satellite
RADCAL Radar Calibration
RAF Royal Air Force
R&D Research and Development (Category I & II before 1 July 1963)
REX Radiation Experiment
RSLP Reentry Systems Launch Program
SAC Strategic Air Command
SAFEGUARD An Antiballistic Missile (ABM) test program
SALVO Simultaneous launching of two or more missiles
SAMAST Sandia ABRES Material Systems Test
SAMPEX Solar, Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
SEASAT Sea [Observation] Satellite
SENT Severe nose-tip Environment Test
SET Single Engine Test
SFT Supplemental Flight Test
SLC Space Launch Complex
SLF Space Launch Facility
SLTF Silo Launch Test Facility
SLV Space Launch Vehicle
SM Solar Mesosphere
SMLV Single Module Launch Vehicle
SNOE Student Nitric Oxide Explorer
SOOS Stacked Oscar On Scout
SOT Special Operational Test
SPACE Orbital space Operations
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Acronym Definition
SPACEPROBE Non-orbital space operations
ST Special Test
STEX Space Technology Experiment
STM Special Test Missile
STP Special Test Program
STREP System Technology Reentry Experiments Program
SWAS Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
TAC Tactical Air Command
TARGET Missile target for surface-to-air/air-to-air missile firing practice
TAT Thrust Augmented Thor
TD Technology Demonstration
TDT Target Development Test
TDV Technology Development Vehicle
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