Minuteman 1 (original) (raw)

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Minuteman 1

Part of Minuteman

Minuteman on Rails
Minuteman Rail Version

First test version of the Minuteman ICBM. Succeeded by the Minuteman 1A in initial production.

AKA: LGM-30A. Status: Retired 1974. First Launch: 1970-03-14. Last Launch: 1974-10-24. Number: 3 .

3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x M55E1 + 1 x SR19AJ1 + 1 x M57A1.

1963 September 6 - . LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Mark 12 reentry vehicle - . Headquarters USAF approved General Electric as the contractor for the Mark 12 reentry vehicle system for the Minuteman ICBM..

1966 April 11 - . LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Minuteman 3 approved - .
A Headquarters USAF Systems Management Directive (SMD) for Minuteman I and IT directed that an Improved Third Stage (ITS) propulsion system. This would be used with the Mark 12 and Mark 17 reentry vehicles and a Post Boost Control System (PBCS) and that initial operational capability (IOC) be achieved in July 1969. The Minuteman with the new third stage was designated the Minuteman III (LGM-30G) weapon system and was to be compatible with either the WS 133B or WS 133A/M ground systems.

1969 February 1 - . LV Family: Minuteman, Spartan. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Minuteman I target vehicles for Safeguard - . SAMSO awarded Boeing Airplane Company an integration, instrumentation, and launch service contract for the launch of nine obsolescent Minuteman I missiles as target vehicles for Safeguard ABM tests..

1970 March 14 - . 18:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC31A. Launch Pad: LC31A/Truck. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Sheltered Base research and development mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

1970 December 24 - . 01:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg LF06. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

SSTTP M1-12 Target mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).
A Minuteman I flight test missile was fired down the Western Test Range from Vandenberg AFB as part of the Safeguard System Test Targets Program (SSTTP) managed by SAMSO's Deputy for Reentry Systems. An Army Sprint missile intercepted the nose cone, recording its first test intercept.

1973 Mar - . LV Family: Atlas, Minuteman, Trident. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

HAVE FLY to also use Minuteman boosters. - .
A SAMSO-Navy Strategic System Program Office Memorandum of Agreement was amended to provide Minuteman I boosters in addition to the Atlas vehicles already scheduled. These were for HAVE FLY, the Trident Supplemental Flight Test (SFT) program managed by the Deputy for Reentry Systems.

1973 June 26 - . LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Use of Minuteman I to support Trident - . Use of Minuteman I missiles in a launch program to support the Navy's Trident Supplemental Flight Test (SFT) program was authorized..

1973 Sep - . LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Advanced Nosetip Test program - .
The Advanced Nosetip Test (A.N.T.) program began to develop a system of multiple small reentry vehicles to be simultaneously flight tested on Minuteman I boosters. This would obtain reentry shape changed and recession performance data on advanced nosetip materials and designs.

1974 October 24 - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg WTR. Launch Platform: C-5A. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

Minuteman I missile air-launch demonstration. - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 6.00 km (3.70 mi).
As an early air mobile flight demonstration of the feasibility of launching a ballistic missile from a wide-bodied aircraft, a Minuteman I missile was dropped from an Air Force C-5A over water. Ignited at 8,000 feet, the Minuteman rose to 20,000 feet before expending its propellant and falling into the ocean 20 miles from Vandenberg AFB. SAMSO's Deputy for Minuteman at Norton AFB, California, completed the necessary work for the air mobile demonstration in just over two months. The data gathered from this first live demonstration of the air mobile concept will be used in SAMSO's Advanced ICBM Technology (M-X) program that will determine technology and basing concept for the next generation of U.S. land-based strategic missiles.

1977 Dec - . Launch Site: Kwajalein, Vandenberg. LV Family: Minuteman. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 1.

TDV-3 launched from Vandenberg to Kwajalein. - .
TDV-3, the third of three technology development vehicle flights in CY 1977, was successfully launched from Vandenberg AFB to the Kwajalein missile range on a Minuteman I booster. It successfully conducted complex experiments dealing with nosetip materials, aerodynamics, induced early transition, and electronics.

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