SM-65 Atlas Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile System      1956-1965

Atlas Missile 96D

General Dynamics Missile Serial Number:   58-7091

General Dynamics Manufacturing Number:   96D

Air Force Missile Tail Number:   091

Missile Acceptance Date:   10/22/1960

Missile Delivery Date:   3/22/1961

ICBM Squadron Number:   564th

ICBM Squadron Site Assignment:   Unknown

Missile Destination:   F. E. Warren Air Force Base

Missile Mission:   Operational ICBM / NTMP

Missile Launch Date:   6/10/1966

Missile Launch Payload:   NTMP KX-42 - Operation Veneer Panel

Missile Launch Location:   Vandenberg AFB - B-1 Launcher

Missile Launch Outcome:   Successful

Notes:   Atlas 96D acted as the target missile for a Nike/Zeus missile intercept test. It was also the last Atlas missile launched from the Vandenberg AFB B-1 Launch Complex.



Atlas 96D Photo 1

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