Department of the Air Force Report, 1996

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0.2.1 Atlas Launch History
The data in Table 41 summarize the flight performance of all Atlas and Atlas-boosted
space-vehicle launches since the program began in June 1957. A launch sequence
number is provided in the first column, a mission ID and launch date in columns 2
and 3. The vehicle configuration or Atlas booster number is given in the fourth
column, while the fifth column shows whether the launch took place from the Eastern
or Western Range. The last three columns in the table show, respectively, the response
mode assigned by RTI to any failure or anomalous behavior that occurred, the flight
phase in which it occurred, and whether the vehicle configuration is considered
representative for the purposes of predicting future Atlas reliability. Launches through
sequence number 532 were used in the filtering process to estimate failure rate.
Table 41. Atlas Launch History
No.
Mission/ID
Launch
Date
Vehicle
Test
ConfKJuration
Ranae
4A
ER
6A
ER
Response
Mode
4T
4
Flight
Phase
1
1
Rep.
Cont.
0
0
1
2
Weaoons Svstem (WS)
ws
06/11/57
09/25/57
3 ws
12/17/57 12A
ER
0
4 ws
01/10/58
10A
ER
0
5 ws
02/07/58
13A
ER
4
1
0
6 ws
02120/58
11A
ER
4T
1
0
7 ws
04/05/58
15A
ER
4
1
0
8
9
10
ws
ws
ws
06/03/58
07/19/58
08/02168
16A
ER
38
ER
48
ER
4T
1
0
0
0
11
12
13
14
15
ws
ws
ws
ws
ws
08/28/58
09/14/58
09/18/58
11/17/58
11128/58
58
ER
88
ER
68
ER
98
ER
128
ER
4
4
4
4
2.5
2.5
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
16
SCORE
12/18/58
108 LV-3A/AGENA
ER
0
17
18
19
20
21
22
ws
ws
ws
ws
ws
ws
12123/58
01/15/59
01/27/59
02/04/59
02/20/59
03/18/59
3C
ER
138
ER
4C
ER
118
ER
5C
ER
7C
ER
5
5
4
4
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 ws
04/14/59
3D
ER
4
1
0
24
25
26
ws
ws
ws
05/18/59
06/06/59
07/21/59
70
ER
5D
ER
SC
ER
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
27 ws
07/28/59
11D
ER
0
28 ws
08/11/59
14D
ER
0
29
30
31
ws
MERCURY (test)
DESERT HEAT
08/24/59
09/09/59
09/09/59
11C
ER
10D LV-38
ER
12D
WR
4
2
0
0
0
9/10/96
103
RTI