SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System      1956-1965

Atlas Missile 13A

General Dynamics Missile Serial Number:   56-6750

General Dynamics Manufacturing Number:   13A

Air Force Missile Tail Number:   N/A

Missile Acceptance Date:   11/25/1957

Missile Delivery Date:   11/26/1957

ICBM Squadron Number:   N/A

ICBM Squadron Site Assignment:   N/A

Missile Destination:   Atlantic Missile Range

Missile Mission:   Research and Development

Missile Launch Date:   2/7/1958

Missile Launch Payload:   ICBM Testing

Missile Launch Location:   Stand 14

Missile Launch Outcome:   Failure

Notes:   An electrical short in a Vernier feedback transducer lead to missile tumbling and engine shutdown. Missile self-destructed at T+164 seconds.



Atlas 13A Photo 1

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