SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 97D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-7092
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 97D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 97D
Missile Acceptance Date: 11/30/1960
Missile Delivery Date: 12/2/1960
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Missile Warning Satellite
Missile Launch Date: 7/12/1961
Missile Launch Payload: MIDAS-3 (MIssile Defense Alarm System)
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - SLC-3E Launcher
Missile Launch Outcome: Successful
Notes: Atlas Agena-B Configuration. This mission was considered classified by the Air Force at the time it was launched. It was also the first Atlas missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB SLC-3E Launch Complex and one of only two Atlas D missiles to be launched from this facility.
