SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 71D
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 58-7066
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 71D
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 066
Missile Acceptance Date: 5/17/1960
Missile Delivery Date: 8/18/1960
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Atlantic Missile Range
Missile Mission: Research and Development
Missile Launch Date: 10/13/1960
Missile Launch Payload: ICBM Testing
Missile Launch Location: Stand 11
Missile Launch Outcome: Successful
Notes: This launch used a "biological" nose cone with three mice enclosed. This was an early effort to judge the effects of space on living tissue. This was the last Atlas D type missile launched from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11.
