* Vandenberg Air Force Base

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Discoverer 2
February 28, 1959
Discoverer 1. The Ghost Satellite. First satellite launched from the Pacific Coast. First Polar orbit.

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Discoverer 2
April 13, 1959
First successful Capsule Separation from Polar Orbit.

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Discoverer 3
June 3 1959
Agena guidance failure. Vehicle fell into the Pacific Ocean.
The CORONA satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972. Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of 38 Discoverer satellites [1959-1962] which were part of the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena A rocket on 28 February 1959 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was a prototype of the KH-1 satellite, but did not contain either a camera or a film capsule. It was the first satellite launched toward the South Pole in an attempt to achieved a polar orbit, but was unsuccessful.

Discoverer 7
November 7, 1959
Mission failed. Satellite tumbled in orbit.

September 29, 1960
[original in SCIF archives]

December 10, 1960
[original in SCIF archives]

July 10, 1961
[original in SCIF archives]

Discoverer 36
December 12, 1961
Best mission to date. Launch carried OSCAR 1 to orbit.
The final Discoverer satellite, Discoverer 37, launched 13 January 1962, was the last CORONA mission to bear the Discoverer name. Subsequent CORONA missions were simply classified as "Department of Defense satellite launches."
[original in SCIF archives]

Discoverer 38
February 27, 1962
First mission of the KH-4 series and last to be named Discoverer. Much of film slightly out of focus.
[original in SCIF archives]

Vandenberg Air Force Base

Established in 1941 as Camp Cooke, Vandenberg Air Force Base—renamed Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 14, 2021— is located in Santa Barbara County. The base was re-named in 1958 in honor of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899-1954), a United States Air Force general who served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. The facility is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also performs space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

The base contains 99,604 acres of land, operates approximately 16 launch facilities and complexes, and maintains the second largest airfield runway in the Department of Defense, which is 15,000 feet long.

October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, shocking the American public and beginning the Space Age.

On December 16, 1958 the first missile launch from Vandenberg AFB was a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile launched from Space Launch Complex-2 East.

On February 28, 1959, the first two-stage Thor/Agena missile lifted the world’s first polar earth orbiting satellite, the Discoverer 1 from Space Launch Complex-1 West. Soon after, the first Atlas missile launched from Vandenberg AFB on September 9, 1959 at launch facility 576 A-2.

SPACE MAIL: On November 12, 1960 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, an Agena-B rocket was launched carrying Discoverer 17 (also known as Corona 9012), an optical reconnaissance satellite. On board Discoverer were a secret panoramic camera, a biological research payload (the satellite's official purpose), and perhaps 28 pieces of mail similar. This was, as USAF Chief of Staff White writes, "the first time that letters have been sent by a satellite ... in the tradition of airmen who less than thirty years ago pioneered in the first use of airmail." After "travelling ... at speeds greater than 18,000 miles per hour," the photographic film and the mail were returned to Earth in a Satellite Recovery Vehicle that separated off from Discoverer. The SRV, descending by parachute, was captured over the mid-Pacific by the grappling hooks of the USAF plane Pelican 2. These first pieces of orbital mail were delivered only to the elite of the political, defense, and aviation worlds. A piece traced at auction was sent to the first NASA Administrator. [A second piece sold at Bonhams for $37,500 in 2012.]

The first Global Positioning Satellite launched from Space Launch Complex-3E on 22 February 1978. The world’s first commercial spaceport became operational at Vandenberg on 19 September 1996 at Space Launch Complex-8.

Significant launch programs since 1958 have included: the Nike, Scout, Peacekeeper, Atlas, Minotaur, Titan, Thor, Thor/Agena (1959-1968), Thrust Augmented Thor, Thor/Delta, BOMARC, Delta II, Delta IV, Minuteman, Pegasus, Scout, and Falcon 9.

DISCOVERER SATELLITE LAUNCH HISTORY Scroll down for launch dates.

• Department of the Air Force. Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mineral Resource Management Plan Potential Exploration, Development, and Production of Oil and Gas Resources. June 1987. Perfect bound.

[original in SCIF archives; ex-lib MDD]

• 1984. SCHILLER, Norbert. Strange Happening at Vandenberg Surf. Santa Barbara: McVicker Sutcliffe Press, 1984. Hand-made book, blue tied boards. #8. Signed: Norbert Schiller; Judy Sutcliffe.

SATELLITE AND MISSILE LAUNCH COVERS postmarked Lompoc, CA Vandenberg AFB in SCIF Archives:

1960

• September 29, 1960 Atlas Polar Orbit
• December 10, 1960 Hot Cargo Capsule Recovery

1961

• July 10, 1961 Discoverer No. 26 Capsule Recovery
• September 2, 1961 Discoverer No. 29 Capsule Recovery
• September 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 30
• September 23, 1961 Titan Down-Range Shot
• October 13, 1961 Discoverer No. 32
• October 23, 1961 Discoverer No. 33
• November 5, 1961 Discoverer No. 34
• November 16, 1961 Discoverer No. 35 Capsule Recovery
• December 12, 1961 Discoverer No. 36 Oscar

1962

• February 27, 1962 Discoverer 38 [last named Discoverer; first KH-4 series]

1966

• March 30, 1966 OV1-4 & 5 Twin Research Satellites
• November 1, 1966 Bomarc Target

1967

• January 31, 1967 ATCOS 1 OV-3-5
• July 28, 1967 OCO IV

1968

• October 3, 1968 ESRO-1

1969

• January 29, 1969 United States Canadian ISIS — A Research Orbiter.
• April 14, 1969 Nimbus III
• October 1, 1969 ESRO 2 10-Nation-Member Organization

1970

• February 3, 1970 SERT 11 Thor Agena-12
• April 8, 1970 Nimbus
• July 22, 1970 Mideast: Recon Satellite launched by THOR-AGENA D
• August 27, 1970 U.S. Navy Navigation Satellite Launched by a Scout Rocket
• September 26, 1970 BOMARC Target [Boeing Michigan Aeronautical Research Center]
• November 18, 1970 Secret Satellite Launch Thor-Agena Booster
• December 11, 1970 NOAA—1 Launched by Deltar
• December 11, 1970 NOAA Tiros Operational Satellite (ITOS-A)

1971

• January 21, 1971 Samos 81
• March 3, 1971 2nd Chinese Satellite
• March 20, 1971 USAF Advanced Communications Satellite launched by Titan 3b
• March 24, 1971 USAF Thor-Agena Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• March 31, 1971 U.S. Canadian Space Launch Circular Polar Orbiting Satellite
• March 31, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
• April 5, 1971 Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRESI Testing) Atlas F Booster
• April 9, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman Instant ICBM Minuteman -3 Re-entry Testing
• April 14, 1971 BOMARC Target Salvo Launch
• April 22, 1971 USAF Titan 3 B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• April 23, 1971 7th Minuteman SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
• April 26, 1971 The 88th SAC Minuteman B
• May 18, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster S-Band Telemetry
• May 21, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman II F Booster Re-entry Testing
• May 24, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Secret Payload Research Minuteman II F Booster
• May 27, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC 2 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research
• June 4, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Research Minuteman II Booster
• June 6, 1971 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena
• June 11, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM Research Minuteman 3 Booster
• June 13, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM SAC Minuteman 1 Instant ICBM
• June 15, 1971 USAF First Titan-3D Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit from Western Test Range
• June 20, 1971 First SAC USAF Titan in support of Nike Zeus
• June 23, 1971 17th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
• June 26, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman B Target Booster Pacific Missile Range
• June 29, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
• June 29, 1971 Aerobee Intercept Launch in support of Nasa Apollo Studies
• June 29, 1971 US Air Force Atlas F Booster Satellite
• July 8, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM 8th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
• July 12, 1971 Minuteman B Destroyed in Flight
• July 16, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
• August 1, 1971 USAF -3B Secret Satellite Toward Polar Orbit
• August 2, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin 4th Lunar Module
• August 3, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• August 4, 1971 30th SAC Minuteman II F Booster
• August 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II M Booster
• August 6, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite OV1 Satellite Twins Lifted into Polar Orbit
• August 6, 1971 OV-1 20 and 24 800 lbs. most dense satellite ever launched
• August 7, 1971 Apollo 15 Scott—Worden—Irwin NASA
• August 13, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Booster
• August 27, 1971 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster
• September 1, 1971 ABRES Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Studies
• September 2, 1971 19th SAC II M Minuteman Instant ICBM
• September 2, 1971 9th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch USAF
• September 8, 1971 SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
• September 10, 1971 Thrust-Augmented Thor/Agena Satellite Launch
• September 10, 1971 20th SAC Minuteman II M Booster Minuteman Instant ICBM
• September 16, 1971 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
• October 4, 1971 Secret Thor/Burner II Satellite Launch
• October 6, 1971 SAC Minuteman II F Instant ICBM Booster
• October 7, 1971 USAF Minuteman B Target Booster Missile Launch
• October 15, 1971 10th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Minuteman Instant ICBM
• October 17, 1971 Polar Orbiting Satellite FRUSA
• October 18, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• October 20, 1971 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Research Launch
• October 21, 1971 21st SAC Minuteman II m s-Band Telemetry Booster
• October 21, 1971 NOAA Weather Satellite ITOS B NASA Satellite Launch
• October 21, 1971 OTOS-B Second NOAA Weather Satellite
• October 21, 1971 NOAA - 2
• October 23, 1971 USAF Titan -3B Booster Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• November 17, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
• November 22, 1971 SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
• November 23, 1971 13th SAC Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Launch
• November 23, 1971 NIKE AEROBEE in support of NASA APOLLO Studies Intercept Launch
• December 2, 1971 94th SAC Minuteman B Missile Launch
• December 4, 1971 Secret Satellite USAF Thor Agena Booster
• December 9, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• December 11, 1971 Ariel 4 United Kingdom Satellite UK 4 Launch
• December 11, 1971 UK Launched on 4-stage Scout Rocket
• December 15, 1971 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• December 17, 1971 14th SAC Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM

1972

• January 20, 1972 Satellite Launch
• January 20, 1972 25,000 Second Big Bird advanced Samos Re-entry
• January 28, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Booster Instant ICBM
• January 31, 1972 ESRO HEOS-A2 Orbit by the Thor-Delta Booster
• February 4, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM 16" SAC
• February 9, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM 16" SAC
• February 16, 1972 USAF Titan -3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• March 11, 1972 ESRO TD - 1A The 81st successful Nasa Thor-Delta Booster Separate Experiments
• March 16, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM Target Booster
• March 17, 1972 Satellite Launch US Air Force Titan 3B Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• March 17, 1972 Samos 87
• March 21, 1972 22nd SAC Missile Launch
• March 24, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit
• April 13, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
• April 14, 1972 Bomarc Target
• April 19, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Western Test Range Thor Agena
• April 21, 1972 Bomarc Target
• May 5, 1972 USAF Minuteman Missile Launch
• May 12, 1972 Minuteman Instant ICBM the 24th SAC Minuteman II M Booster
• May 20, 1972 Secret Satellite lifted into orbit by the USAF Titan -3B
• May 24, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM Target Booster S-Band Telemetry
• May 25, 1972 Quick Look Search & Find Recon Satellite Salt Check-up
• May 25, 1972 Secret Satellite USAF Thor-Agena Booster
• May 31, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
• June 6, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
• June 11, 1972 19th SAC Missile Launch Minuteman -3 Super ICBM
• June 13, 1972 Aerobee Launch Nasa Research
• June 13, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM
• June 17, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
• June 20, 1972 Aerobee Launch in support of manned space studies
• June 20, 1972 Minuteman II F Instant ICBM SAC
• July 7, 1972 Salt Beacon Satellite Big Bird 3
• July 7, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3D Booster
• July 15, 1972 Minuteman I Instant ICBM US Air Force
• July 23, 1972 ERTS A Research Satellite Thot-Delta Booster
• July 25, 1972 Minuteman II Instant ICBM USAF
• July 27, 1972 Bomarc Target Salvo Launch
• August 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Instant ICBM USAF
• September 1, 1972 Samos 89 Salt Verification Orbiting Super-Spy
• September 1, 1972 USAF Titan -3 B Booster
• September 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit lifted into orbit by Blue Scout Rocket
• September 2, 1972 Improved Navy Nuclear Transit Triad launched by Scout
• September 19, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
• September 25, 1972 Minuteman II SAC Instant ICBM
• October 2, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit Atlas/Burner II Booster
• October 2, 1972 Army Radcat Boeing Satellite
• October 3, 1972 SAC Minuteman II SAC Missile Launch
• October 10, 1972 Big Bird 4 Project 467
• October 10, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
• October 10, 1972 Secret Satellite launched toward Polar Orbit using the USAF Titan IIID
• October 10, 1972 Aerobee Missile Launch I
• October 11, 1972 SAC Titan II ICBM
• October 15, 1972 ITOS-D 3rd NOAA Weather Satellite Launch
• October 16, 1972 SAC Minuteman -3 Missile Launch
• October 20, 1972 SAC Minuteman II F Missile Launch
• November 8, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Thor/Burner II A Booster
• November 21, 1972 ESRO IV Satellite 6 Separate Experiments
• November 24, 1972 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
• November 29, 1972 Bomarc Target
• December 4, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
• December 6, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
• December 8, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB US Air Force
• December 10, 1972 Nimbus-5 Thermal Mapping of Earth
• December 10, 1972 Nimbus E Weather Research Satellite Polar Orbit
• December 11, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
• December 12, 1972 Minuteman -3 SAC Missile Launch
• December 16, 1972 Aeros Satellite Nasa Scout D Booster
• December 18, 1972 Bomarc Target
• December 19, 1972 Apollo 17 Cernan/Schmidt/Evans
• December 19, 1972 Minuteman B Instant ICMB
• December 21, 1972 Samos 91 SALT check on Soviet strategic missile activity
• December 21, 1972 Secret Satellite toward Polar Orbit USAF Titan -3B Agena D
• December 21, 1972 SAC Minuteman II M Missile Launch
• December 27, 1972 Bomarc Target
• December 29, 1972 Bomarc Target

1973

• January 22, 1973 Explorer 51

1975

• January 9, 1975 Titan II
• January 19, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• January 22, 1975 Landsat II ERTS-B Satellite Launch
• January 22, 1973 Explorer 51
• January 29, 1975 SAC Minuteman
• February 5, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
• March 6, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• March 9, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit by the Titan III
• March 9, 1975 AFSATCOM launched by Titan 3b
• March 20, 1975 BOMARC Target
• April 9, 1975 GEOS-C Satellite Launch Thor-Delta Booster
• April 10, 1975 BOMARC Target
• April 12, 1975 Destroyed In Flight. Satellite toward Polar Orbit by the Atlas.
• April 18, 1975 Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit by the Titan
• April 18, 1975 SAMOS 102 launched by Titan 3b
• May 6, 1975 Minuteman III Instant ICBM
• May 9, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
• May 16, 1975 Minuteman III Successful Rocket Test by the US Air Force
• May 22, 1975 BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
• May 23, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• May 23, 1975 Thor Booster Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit
• May 23, 1975 ESAF DOD Defense Meteorological Satellite launched by the Thor-Burner 2
• June 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• June 6, 1975 Big Bird-10 (Samos 103) Ricon Military Satellite launched by Titan 3D
• June 11, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
• June 12, 1975 Nimbus F Meteorological Research Satellite Thor-Delta Booster
• June 20, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 ICBM
• July 1, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Mariner-10 stamp)
• July 17, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Docking. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station. (Retarded children stamp)
• July 23, 1975 BOMARC Target
• July 24, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Recovery. Pt. Arguello Tracking Station.
• July 26, 1975 Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
• August 7, 1975 SAC USAF Titan II Super ICBM
• August 7, 1975 ESA Nasa COS-B Thor Booster
• August 14, 1975 SAC Minuteman-3 Instant ICBM
• August 22, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• August 29, 1975 Missile Launch SAC Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
• September 5, 1975 Missile Launch Minuteman
• September 10, 1975 Minuteman I Instant ICBM
• September 16, 1975 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
• September 23, 1975 Instant ICBM Minuteman US Air Force
• September 30, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• October 6, 1975 AE-D toward Polar Orbit NASA
• October 9, 1975 Satellite in earth orbit
• October 9, 1975 Samos 104 launched by Titan 3B
• October 11, 1975 Navy Navigational Satellite Scout Booster Western Test Range
• October 11, 1975 WTR Tip-II Second Transit Improvement Satellite
• November 13, 1975 SAC Minuteman
• November 14, 1975 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• December 4, 1975 Satellite lifted into orbit Titan III Booster
• December 4, 1975 Big Bird II launched by Titan 3D
• December 4, 1975 USAF Titan II ICBM
• December 5, 1975 Dad-Scout Booster Satellite Launch Destroyed In Flight
• December 4, 1975 Dual Air Density Project Dad launch by Scout
• December 11, 1975 UTE-Tomahawk Experimental Space Probe
• December 16, 1975 Pacific Missile Range BOMARC Target Missile destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
• December 17, 1975 SAC Minuteman Instant ICBM

1977

• January 21, 1977 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Reliability Launch
• January 30, 1977 USAF Minuteman 3 Advanced Ballistic Test
• February 1, 1977 SAC Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM
• February 4, 1977 Bomarc Target
• February 16, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• March 2, 1977 Minuteman 3 Missile Launch
• March 13, 1977 SAMOS IIO
• March 13, 1977 Defense Satellite Launch Titan -3B Booster
• March 31, 1977 Navy Bomarc
• April 27, 1977 10th Olympic Arena SAC ICBM Combat Competition
• May 11, 1977 Bomarc Missile Destroyed in Flight
• May 12, 1977 777 Communication Satellite lifted into earth orbit by USAF Titan 3C Booster
• May 18, 1977 Safeguard Advanced Development Minuteman 1 Delivery System
• May 23, 1977 Sky Spy Early Warning Satellite KSC-NASA Atlas-Agena Booster
• May 28, 1977 SAC Launches Minuteman -3 Multi Warhead Missile
• June 2, 1977 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman -3 MIRV System Mission Upgrade
• June 4, 1977 Classified Spacecraft USAF Thor Booster
• June 4, 1977 MSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
• June 16, 1977 US Air Force Launches Minuteman -3 Technology Development Flight
• June 23, 1977 NTS-2 Navy Navigational Technology Satellite launched by Atlas
• June 23, 1977 Navigational Orbiting Space Station ISAF Atlas-F Booster
• June 27, 1977 Polar Orbiting Satellite Launched by USAF Titan #D
• June 28, 1977 Minuteman 2 Instant ICBM by the SAC Airborne Launch Crew
• July 13, 1977 Bomarc Target
• August 3, 1977 Minuteman -3 Advanced Command District System Development
• August 4, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 5, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 8, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 9, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 10, 1977 Successful Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead Rocket Test
• August 10, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 11, 1977 Hawk US Marine Corps Short Range Air Defense Rocket
• August 19, 1977 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 3 Production Verification Package
• August 20, 1977 Voyager 2 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
• September 3, 1977 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• September 5, 1977 Voyager 1 Spacecraft KSC-NASA
• September 14, 1977 Strategic Air Command Minuteman -3 Launched by Airborne Launch Crew
• September 23, 1977 Unscheduled Satellite Launch toward Polar Orbit Titan 3-B Booster
• October 27, 1977 Defense Space Probe
• October 27, 1977 Transat launched by Scout
• November 3, 1977 US Air Force Systems Command Launches Minuteman 3 ICBM
• November 12, 1977 Minuteman 1 Technology Development Flight Missile Launch
• November 30, 1977 Minuteman II ICBM
• December 7, 1977 Minuteman 3 Instant ICBM
• December 8, 1977 Classified Satellite Launch Atlas F Booster
• December 9, 1977 Bomarc Target Destroyed in Flight by the US Navy Air Defense Rocket

1978

• January 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman -3 Upgrade Mission
• February 8, 1978 Minuteman -3 Super ICBM Missile Launch
• Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead launched by Strategic Air Command Airborne Launch Crew
• February 22, 1978 Navstar 1
• February 22, 1978 Navstar Navigational Satellite Atlas F Booster
• March 2, 1978 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• March 5, 1978 NASA Landsat 3
• March 6, 1978 AMSAT OSCAR 8. Amateur Radio Operators Satellite
• March 6, 1978 Landsat-C Oscar Pix NASA
• March 6, 1978 Landsat Three
• March 16, 1978 Titan 3 D Booster Classified Satellite
• March 24, 1978 Bomarc Target Missile Destroyed by Air to Air or Ground to Air Missiles
• April 5, 1978 Research and Development Test Minuteman 1 Booster
• April 26, 1978 HCMM AEM-A Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
• May 1, 1978 Defense Meterological Satellite
• May 3, 1978 11th Olympic Arena Strategic Air Command Competition Won by the 91st SMW
• June 3, 1978 Minuteman 3 Launched by Strategic Air Command
• June 8, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
• June 14, 1978 Big Bird-16 Launched by Titan 3D
• June 14, 1978 Space & Missile Test Center Launches Classified Satellite
• June 22, 1978 Missile Launch Minuteman 3 Super ICBM MIRV
• June 26, 1978 Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO Atlas -F Agena Booster
• June 27, 1978 Atlas-F/Agena Seasat-A NASA KSC-WOSO
• June 28, 1978 SAC Minuteman -3 Reliability Test
• July 5, 1978 Minuteman 1 Research and Development Launch
• August 4, 1978 Experimental USAF Comsat Relay Satellite launch by Titan 3B
• October 7, 1978 Navstar 3 Atlas-F Booster
• October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
• October 13, 1978 Tiros-N NASA KSC-WOSO
• October 24, 1978 Nimbus-7 launched by Delta
• October 24, 1978 Delta 145 Nimbus G NASA KSC-WOSO
• October 24, 1978 NASA KSC-WOSO Nimbus G Thor-Delta
• November 17, 1978 Destroyed in Flight Minuteman 2
• November 28, 1978 Minuteman II Research and Development Launch Advanced Re-entry System
• December 6, 1978 US Air Force Minuteman 3 Multi Warhead
• December 10, 1978 Navstar-4 Rockwell International Launched by Atlas F

1979

• January 24, 1979 Space & Missile Test Center Minuteman 1 Advanced Re-entry System
• January 31, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• February 7, 1979 Minuteman III Super ICBM
• March 24, 1979 Test Flight Atlas F Launch
• March 28, 1979 Minuteman III Weapon Upgrade System
• June 27, 1979 SAMTEC NASA Launch NOAA - A Atlas F Booster
• June 27, 1979 NOAA Launch The Gulf Stream.... I.A.S.P. Series
• July 27 1979 Strategic Air Command Launches 400th Minuteman A Minuteman III Multi Warhead
• September 26, 1979 Minuteman Instant ICBM
• October 1, 1979 Strategic Air COmmand Minuteman III Super ICBM