Dec 9 1961
From The Space Library
Solid-propellant rocket motor generating nearly 500,000 pounds of thrust was fired in a static test of 80-second duration by United Technology Corp. at Sunnyvale, Calif., under USAF contract.
Nike-Zeus antimissile missile was fired from Point Mugu in its first low-altitude flight, going up to 40,000 feet and then out over the Pacific Missile Range at that altitude.
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