SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 57D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-2228
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 57D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 228
Missile Acceptance Date: 2/19/1960
Missile Delivery Date: 2/23/1960
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: USAF Space Launch
Missile Launch Date: 10/11/1960
Missile Launch Payload: SAMOS-1 - Optical Reconnaissance Satellite
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - SLC-3W Launcher
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: Atlas Agena-A Configuration. This mission was considered classified by the Air Force at the time it was launched. The Agena upper stage failed due to an improper pad umbilical disconnect causing the loss of the Agena stage pressurization gas. This was the first Atlas missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB SLC-3W Launch Complex and one of only two Atlas D missiles launched from this facility.
