11111111111 VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY Prepared by the lSTRAD Office of History (HO) (Revised March i9B3) ACCEPTANCE DATE DATE OF FIRST PRESENT ORIGINAL CURRENT OR FORMER LAUNCH FACILITY LAUNCH BY AIR FORCE• STATUS PURPOSE (I.AST) USE DESIGNATION REMARKS Bldq 1620 SLC-2E 25 Jul 58 16 Dec 58** Decommis- THOR IRSM (THOR/DELTA) 75-1-1 FIRST VANDENBERG MISSILE LAUNCH** (soft) sioned & (Space) First space launch - 16 Jun 61 stripped Last Launch - 11 Mar 72 Transferred to NASA 1623 SLC-2W 25 Jul 58 17 Sep 59 Active IBOR IRBM IBOR/DELTA 75-1-2 First space launch - 28 Aug 62 (soft) Space Transferred to NASA 1642 SLC-lE 1 Oct 58 25 Jun 59 IBOR/AGENA (IBORAD/AGENA) 75-3-5 Last launch - 18 Sep 68 (soft) Space (Space) Decommis~ sioned & 1635 SLC-IW I Oct 58 28 Feb 59 stripped IBOR/AGENA (IBORAD/ AGENA) 75-3-4 FIRST VANDENBERG SPACE LAUNCH and (soft) Space (Space) the world's first polar-orbiting satellite. Last Iaw1ch-14 Dec 71 1651 SLC-lOE 29 Oct 58 16 .Jun 59 Inactive IBOR IRBM (TI/OR) 75-2-7 Last launch - 19 Mar 62 (RAF CTL) (soft) (Training) LE-7 1658 Inactive SLC-lOW 29 Oct 58 14 Aug 59 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 29 Oct 58 16 A1:r 59 Decomrnis- IBOR IRBM (IBOR IRBM) 75-2-8 FIRST WEAPON SYSTEM TRAINING LAUNCH (soft) sioned & (RAF CTL) RAF/Thor IWST program. Final RAF stripped and Thor IRBM launch -- 18 Jun 62 1799 BMRS A-1 14 May 58 26 Oct 62 Decornmis- ATLAS D (ATLAS F) 576 A-1 First ABRES launch - 4 Nov 63 (soft) sioned & ICBM (Space) 4300 A-1 First space launch - 27 May 65 stripped ABRES A-1 Last launch - 8 Sep 74 ------ ... ... ·-· ·- •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
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A single-page table titled 'VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY' (Revised March 1983). It lists technical and historical data for eight launch facilities, including acceptance dates, first launch dates, and remarks on specific missions. A single small black redaction bar is located in the top left corner, likely covering a classification marking or document number.
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Uma tabela de página única intitulada 'VANDENBERG LAUNCHER STATUS AND HISTORY' (revisada em março de 1983). Ela lista dados técnicos e históricos de oito instalações de lançamento, incluindo datas de aceitação, datas do primeiro lançamento e observações sobre missões específicas. Uma única pequena barra de rasura preta está localizada no canto superior esquerdo, provavelmente cobrindo uma marcação de classificação ou número de documento.