SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 74D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-7069
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 74D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 069
Missile Acceptance Date: 6/10/1960
Missile Delivery Date: 6/15/1960
ICBM Squadron Number: 576th
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: Site B - Launcher 1
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Operational Readiness Training
Missile Launch Date: 7/22/1960
Missile Launch Payload: Operation Tiger Skin
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - B-1 Launcher
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure After Launch
Notes: The Air Force launch crew MCCC was Major Drake. This was an IOC training flight. A failure in the gyro spin motor resulted in an unplanned pitch maneuver that exceeded the missile's structural limits and caused the vehicle to breakup at T+69 seconds. It was also the first Atlas missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB B-1 Launch Complex.
