SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 77D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-7072
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 77D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 072
Missile Acceptance Date: 9/30/1960
Missile Delivery Date: 11/3/1960
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Atlantic Missile Range
Missile Mission: NASA Space Launch
Missile Launch Date: Not Launched
Missile Launch Payload: Mercury Atlas-3
Missile Launch Location: Not Launched
Missile Launch Outcome: Not Launched
Notes: Atlas 77D was to have been the booster used for the Mercury Atlas-3 launch. The postflight findings for the Mercury Atlas-1 flight were released which led to the "thin-skinned" 77D being recalled and replaced by Atlas 100D.
