SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 76E
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 62-12437
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 76E
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 437
Missile Acceptance Date: 2/28/1964
Missile Delivery Date: N/A
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: GD/A Storage
Missile Mission: N/A
Missile Launch Date: 12/18/1981
Missile Launch Payload: NAVSTAR-7 Navigation Satellite - GPS-7
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - SLC-3E Launcher
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: Operational Training Replacement. The B-2 booster engine shutdown at T+7 seconds due to sealant plugging up the gas generator. The missile was destroyed by the RSO just before impacting the ground at T+20 seconds. This was the last Atlas missile launched from Vandenberg AFB Launch Complex SLC-3E and was the only Atlas E type missile to be launched from this facility.
