SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System 1956-1965
Atlas Missile 71E
General Dynamics Missile Serial Number: 62-12122
General Dynamics Manufacturing Number: 71E
Air Force Missile Tail Number: 122
Missile Acceptance Date: 3/27/1963
Missile Delivery Date: 8/16/1963
ICBM Squadron Number: N/A
ICBM Squadron Site Assignment: N/A
Missile Destination: Vandenberg Air Force Base
Missile Mission: Operational Readiness Training
Missile Launch Date: 9/25/1963
Missile Launch Payload: Operation Filter Tip
Missile Launch Location: Vandenberg AFB - Site C
Missile Launch Outcome: Failure
Notes: A sustainer hydraulic line ruptured at staging. Missile lost stability at T+140 seconds. This missile was the third and last of only three missiles launched from the Vandenberg AFB Site C Launch Complex.
