SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 52F
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 61-2538
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 52F
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 538
Missile Acceptance Date: 2/27/1962
Missile Delivery Date: 3/28/1962
ICBM Squadron Number: 576th
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: E
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Operational Readiness Training
Missile Launch Date: 3/23/1963
Missile Launch Payload: Operation Tall Tree 4
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - Site E
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: The missile self-destructed at T+91 seconds. There was insufficient telemetry data to determine the cause of the failure.
