Minuteman 3

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Minuteman 3

Family: Missile. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.

US ICBM.

Specifications

Development Cost $: 2,694.60 million. in 1971 average dollars. Total Development Built: 46. Total Production Built: 794. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 4.09 million. in 1971 unit dollars.

Minuteman 3 Chronology

1968 Aug 16 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
First launch

1969 Apr 11 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
First silo launch

1997 Jan 30 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-163PA

1997 May 21 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-164GM

1997 Jun 18 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-165GM

1998 Feb 20 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-166GB

1998 Jun 3 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-167GB

1998 Jun 24 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GRP IDF-1

1998 Jun 24 - Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: LF-09 / .

Minuteman 3 dual shot
Two Minuteman 3 missiles launched from Vandenberg to Kwajalein Atoll, one from silo LF-09 and the second from LF-10. Each carried three re-entry vehicles.

1998 Jun 24 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GT-168GB

1998 Sep 16 -

Minuteman 3 test launch.
GRP IDF-2

Bibliography:

17 - Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. HTML when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html
39 - Gunston, Bill,, Rockets and Missiles, Salamander, London, 1979.
281 - Nicholas, Ted G., U.S. Missile Data Book, 1983, Seventh Edition, Data Search Associates, Fountain Valley, California, 1982..

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