launched from USA

NTMP-K3

Failure
OCT 02196211:46:00 UTC

Vernier failure results in sustainer engine being oversupplied with propellant. Sustainer shut down at T+181 seconds due to damage from excessive chamber pressure.

launched from 576B2 Vandenberg

aboard Atlas D 4D into Suborbital

Payload

NTMP-K3

Nike-Zeus target missile test