SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 57F
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 61-2543
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 57F
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 543
Missile Acceptance Date: 3/30/1962
Missile Delivery Date: 4/2/1962
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: 8/10/1962
Missile Launch Payload: Cat II - Operation Crash Truck
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - Site G (OSTF-2)
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: The roll program failed due to an open circuit in the missile programmer unit. The RSO destroyed the missile at T+67 seconds. This was the first missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB Site G (OSTF-2) Launch Complex.
