Missile Launch The Atlas Intercontinental
Missile Launch The Atlas Intercontinental
At Cape Canaveral the 51st launching of an Atlas Intercontinental originally scheduled for the eve of the ill faded Summit Conference delayed for technical reasons. The Atlas fares better than the Conference. Its a perfect launching. Carrying a half ton pay-load of research instruments the Atlas shown in these Defense Department Film, soars down range a full 9-thousand stature miles. Its target a point in the southern reaches in the Indian Ocean. The longest surface to surface rocket ever achieved. The Atlas Rocket sitting on the launching pad. MCUS - Technicians and Engineers sitting in front of their instrument panel. MCUS - One of the Engineers standing next to a gigantic tape recorder. MLS - The rocket holder drops away and the engines on the Atlas are fired. MLS - The Atlas slowly rises up into the atmosphere, fire shooting out of her rear rockets.