launched fromUSA

ICBM test

Name: ICBM test
Start: 1959-12-19T00:48:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

DEC 19195900:48:00 UTC

First use of a "dry" engine start on an Atlas (igniter activated prior to propellant injection).

LIFTOFF

DEC 19 1959

00:48:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-13Canaveral

aboardAtlas D40DintoSuborbital

Payload

Unnamed payload

ICBM test