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576B2 Chronology 1960 April 22 - 19:39 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 25D Initial operational capability operational readiness test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1960 May 6 - 16:47 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 23D FAILURE: Failure. Initial operational capability operational readiness test launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 2.00 km (1.20 mi). 1960 September 29 - 20:31 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 33D FAILURE: Failure. Initial operational capability demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1961 May 24 - 21:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 95D Research and development launch Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1961 November 29 - 23:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 53D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 January 17 - 21:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 123D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 February 16 - 23:04 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 137D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 March 24 - 00:39 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 134D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). President John F. Kennedy visited Vandenberg AFB and witnessed the launch of Atlas 134D. 1962 April 12 - 01:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 129D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 April 27 - 23:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 140D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 July 12 - 16:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 141D NTMP K-2 Target mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 August 9 - 23:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 87D Demonstration and shakedown operations launch Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1962 October 2 - 11:46 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 4D FAILURE: Failure. NTMP K-3 Target mission Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1963 January 25 - 10:44 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 39D FAILURE: Failure. NTMP K-9/OT ABM test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1963 March 12 - 05:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 64D Operational missile test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1963 September 6 - 21:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 63D FAILURE: Failure. ST COOL WATER III test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). 1963 November 13 - 22:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 158D FAILURE: Failure. ST COOL WATER VI test Agency: USAF SAC. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1965 June 3 - 10:38 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 177D NTMP RMV-304 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1965 August 26 - 11:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 61D NTMP KX-41 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1965 December 20 - 13:39 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 85D NTMP KX-31 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1966 February 11 - 13:04 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 86D NTMP KX-51 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1966 May 26 - 12:04 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 41D NTMP KX-47 Re-entry Vehicle test Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1966 June 26 - 15:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 147D NTMP KX-20 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1967 January 22 - 15:44 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 35D ABRES Mk 12R PDV re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1967 April 7 - 11:19 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 38D ABRES AX-1 / Pod 30 Reentry test / ionosphere mission Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1967 July 6 - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 65D ABRES PDV re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). 1967 November 7 - 13:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Atlas. Atlas D 94D ABRES Mk 11 AX-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). Final launch of an Atlas D missile (first operational at Vandenberg on 9 September 1959). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
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