Success
FIRE 2
Materials Science
United States Air Force(USAF)Government
SM-65D Atlas
Suborbit
FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry) was a high-speed reentry heat research program to obtain data on materials, heating rates, and radio signal attenuation on spacecraft reentering the atmosphere at speeds of about 24,500 miles per hour.
Saturday, May 22, 1965 at 9:55 PM
Mission details
USAF Mission
#259
Pad Launch
#17
Location Launch
#141
Launch Window
NET
May 22, 1965, 9:55 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
May 22, 1965, 5:55 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778
SM-65D Atlas Specs
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous orbit, to the Moon, Venus, or Mars with the Agena or Centaur upper stage.
Length
25.15 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
119 t
Thrust
1,880 kN
LEO Capacity
1,400 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1959
Fastest Turnaround
5d 4h
Total Launches
9
Successful
6
Failed
3
Consecutive Success
0
Maiden flight: Apr 14, 1959
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
Founded
1947
Administrator
Commander-in-Chief: President of the US
Total Launches
1,078
Successful
972
Failed
106
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
68