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Atlas 74D – Pad 576 B-1 – 22 July 1960
Atlas 25D, Pad 576 B-2<, 22 April 1960
Atlas 89D, Pad 576 B-3, December 1966
Overview
Also Known As: See launch complex highlights
Systems
- Atlas D
Other Programs:
- Research and Development (R & D)
- Operational Missile Test (OMT)
- Initial Operational Capability (IOC)
- Nike Zeus Target Missile Test (NTMP)
- Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRES)
- Materials Test Vehicle (MTV)
- Wake Analysis and Control (WAC)
- Pre-Damaged Vehicle (PDV)
- Target Vehicle Experiment (TVE)
- Orbiting Vehicle (OV)
Cost: Not available
Complex 576 B Highlights
- Three coffin pads
- 576 B-1
- Also known as – Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Systems (ABRES) B-1
- 22 July 1960 – First launch
- 10 June 1966 – Last launch
- Total launches – 13
- 576 B-2
- Also known as – Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Systems (ABRES) B-2
- 22 April 1960 – First launch
- 7 November 1967 – Last launch
- Total launches – 26
- 576 B-3
- Also known as – Advanced Ballistic Re-entry Systems (ABRES) B-3
- 12 September 1960 – First launch
- 11 October 1967 – Last launch
- Total launches – 23
- Pads were later re-designated Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry Systems (ABRES) B-1, B-2, B-3
- All three coffins have been decommissioned and stripped of equipment