launched fromUSA

ICBM test

Name: ICBM test
Start: 1961-06-07T21:13:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Failure

JUN 07196121:13:00 UTC

First attempted launch of an Atlas E from VAFB. Vehicle exploded at liftoff due to combustion instability in the B-1 engine.

LIFTOFF

JUN 07 1961

21:13:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromOSTF-1Vandenberg

aboardAtlas E27EintoSuborbital

Payload

Unnamed payload

ICBM test