Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000

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VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY
Prepared by the lSTRAD Office of History (HO)
(Revised March i9B3)
LAUNCH FACILITY
Bldq
ACCEPTANCE DATE
BY AIR FORCE•
DATE OF FIRST
LAUNCH
PRESENT
STATUS
ORIGINAL
PURPOSE
CURRENT OR
(I.AST) USE
FORMER
DESIGNATION
REMARKS
1620
SLC-2E
25 Jul 58
16 Dec 58**
Decommis-
THOR IRSM
(THOR/DELTA)
75-1-1
FIRST VANDENBERG MISSILE LAUNCH**
(soft)
sioned &
stripped
(Space)
First space launch - 16 Jun 61
Last Launch - 11 Mar 72
Transferred to NASA
1623
SLC-2W
(soft)
25 Jul 58
17 Sep 59
Active
IBOR IRBM
IBOR/DELTA
Space
75-1-2
First space launch - 28 Aug 62
Transferred to NASA
1642
SLC-lE
(soft)
1 Oct 58
25 Jun 59
Decommis~
sioned &
stripped
IBOR/AGENA
Space
(IBORAD/AGENA)
(Space)
75-3-5
Last launch - 18 Sep 68
1635
SLC-IW
(soft)
I Oct 58
28 Feb 59
IBOR/AGENA
Space
(IBORAD/ AGENA)
(Space)
75-3-4
FIRST VANDENBERG SPACE LAUNCH and
the world's first polar-orbiting
satellite.
Last Iaw1ch-14 Dec 71
1651
SLC-lOE
(soft)
29 Oct 58
16 .Jun 59
Inactive
IBOR IRBM
(TI/OR)
(Training)
75-2-7
LE-7
Last launch - 19 Mar 62 (RAF CTL)
1658
SLC-lOW
29 Oct 58
14 Aug 59
Inactive
IBOR IRBM
(IBOR/BLOCK 50)
75-2-6
Defense Meteorological Satellite
(soft)
(Space)
LE-6
Program - Previously launched with
4300 B-6
Thor/Burner I/II. First Block 50-1
11 Sep 76 - Last 14 Jul 80
1661
LE-8
(soft)
29 Oct 58
16 A1:r 59
Decomrnis­
sioned &
stripped
IBOR IRBM
(IBOR IRBM)
(RAF CTL)
75-2-8
FIRST WEAPON SYSTEM TRAINING LAUNCH
RAF/Thor IWST program.
Final RAF
and Thor IRBM launch -­ 18 Jun 62
1799
BMRS A-1
(soft)
14 May 58
26 Oct 62
Decornmis­
sioned &
stripped
ATLAS D
ICBM
(ATLAS F)
(Space)
576 A-1
4300 A-1
ABRES A-1
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First ABRES launch - 4 Nov 63
First space launch - 27 May 65
Last launch - 8 Sep 74
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•Acceptance of "Brick and Mortar" prior to Installation and Checkout (I&C) of aerospace equipment.
INDEX -
page 8
•*Underlined launch dates coincide with emphasized remarks.
GLOSSARY -
page 7