SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 100D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-7095
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 100D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 100D
Missile Acceptance Date: 3/10/1961
Missile Delivery Date: 3/14/1961
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Atlantic Missile Range
Missile Mission: NASA Space Launch
Missile Launch Date: 4/25/1961
Missile Launch Payload: Mercury Mercury Atlas-3
Missile Launch Location: Stand 14
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: First attempted orbital launch of a Mercury capsule. This was an unmanned flight. The pitch and roll sequence failed to initiate due to a short or open cicuit in the missile programmer. The RSO destroyed the missile at T+43 seconds. The Mercury capsule was successfully recovered.
