SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 57E
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 60-5515
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 57E
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 515
Missile Acceptance Date: 7/20/1961
Missile Delivery Date: 7/25/1961
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Operational Readiness Training
Missile Launch Date: 8/27/1964
Missile Launch Payload: ST/KX-48 - Operation Gallant Gal
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - Site F (OSTF-1)
Missile Launch Outcome: Partial Failure
Notes: Replaced by Atlas 73E. Atlas 57E acted as a target missile for a Nike/Zeus missile intercept test. A guidance system malfunction caused the sustainer and vernier engines to shutdown early. The planned range was not achieved. This was the last missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB Site F (OSTF-1) Launch Complex.
