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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: March 1, 1965
Caption: Closer than You Imagined : Minuteman 1B Launch
Additional Description: Operation Long Life: November 2 launch site launched a missile with 7 seconds of fuel, on March 1 1965. In part, to see if silo was reusable after a launch.
This contributer was a part of the Operation in a military capacity and in which schools in the area were closed for the day and the kids had a field trip to watch from nearby hillsides, in western South Dakota
http://www.strategic-air-command.com/wings/0044bw.htm
44th Strategic Missile Wing On 1 March 1965, “Project Long Life” took place. This was the first of three scheduled launches of the Minuteman system. A missile with seven seconds of fuel was launched. With the test proving successful, the additional two launches were canceled. This was the only test launch in US ICBM history to be fired from an operational site.
Submitted: August 10, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p122120
File Size: 0.044 Megabytes

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