Request Atlas ICBM with Altus AFB launch sites

[Star Voyager]

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

For those of you reading this, my congratulations! This is my very first post. My request is a specific launch site in southwest Oklahoma called Site 11 of Altus AFB, near the town of Willow. This site was used to launch the Atlas ICBM. I'm sure that some of you are used to seeing rockets at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, or Baikonur. However, this Atlas has this scenery behind it:

Although I am an experienced orbinaut, I am not an add-on developer. I also took the liberty of coming up with some coordinates. Here they are:

-99.294958 +35.034352

It is possible to reach orbit from here because I tested these coordinates with the Project Mercury Atlas. I am very interested on what ideas come out with this. I hope to be speaking with some of you soon on this subject.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

(P.S.- I also hope that this post came out okay!:lol

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, I lack some information about the early Atlas ICBM stuff, like how the silos had been designed, or more about the rocket itself etc. Getting the images for making surface tiles and add some generic orbiter buildings over the base to improve the looks should be not too hard.

 

[MJR]

I live 30 minutes from there and I never heard of it. I know they have an AFB, but not this. Sometimes I do see long trails in the sky like as if they were practicing with dummy missiles. No plane could fly as steep as the smoke trail that I have seen. It was when I was driving back from OKC with my friend and I saw it and was amazed. I thought it was a rocket, but we have no facilities in Oklahoma. So my guess is that it came from there, Anyways, this looks really cool. I could make it, but I need to take a break from addon developing. Hopefully somebody can do this.

 

[ar81]

That's an optical illusion. WWIII took place a few years ago, and machines, terminators and nukes terminated us all. You are a ghost living in the past and that's how you got to travel in time to take that picture of a secret military place while you haunted them.:speakcool:

Orbiter is a special space simulation for ghosts BTW.:lol:

 

[MJR]

I though the bad Orbinauts went to Dantes 9 levels of Hell. Not ghosts. :rofl:

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
Thank you for responding to my request. For Mr. Urwumpe, here are some pictures that might come in handy for surface tiles and the silo:

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

 

[MJR]

I could develop the ICBM. Not surface tiles of buildings. I haven't tried that too much and I do not think I am too good at it.

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
For Mr. MJR, I'm glad to hear that you would be interested in developing the ICBM. For those of you who can add some surface tiles, I did find some more pictures on the Internet of Site 11. Here they are:

I'm sorry to say that I could not find any pictures with color. However, I did look on my Google Earth and the place is essentially green and yellow.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

 

[MJR]

Good morning gentleman,
For Mr. MJR, I'm glad to hear that you would be interested in developing the ICBM. For those of you who can add some surface tiles, I did find some more pictures on the Internet of Site 11. Here they are:

I'm sorry to say that I could not find any pictures with color. However, I did look on my Google Earth and the place is essentially green and yellow.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

All I need are the physical dimensions to make it realistic and the characteristics such as thrust, weight, and etc.

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
For Mr. MJR, here are some generic specs for the ICBM:

• Length: 75 ft. 1 in. (22.9 m) with Mk 2 re-entry vehicle, 82 ft. 6 in. (25.2 m) with Mk 3
• Diameter: 10 ft. 0 in. (3.05 m)
• Launch weight: 255,000 lb. (116,000 kg) for Atlas D, 260,000 lb. (118,000 kg) for Atlas E and F
• Range: 10,360 miles (16,670 km) for Atlas D, 11,500 miles (18,500 km) for Atlas E and F
• Powerplant: 1 × RocketdyneLR105 rocket engine with 57,000 lbf (254 kN) thrust, 2 × RocketdyneLR89 rocket engines with 150,000 lbf (670 kN) thrust, 2 × RocketdyneLR101 vernier rocket engines with 1,000 lbf (4.4 kN) of thrust
• Warhead: Mk 4 re-entry vehicle with W-38 warhead (4 MT yield) (Atlas F)
• CEP: 4,600 ft (1,400 m)

fin length 6ft 1 in

I hope that these can be of assistance. If there is more to be said, I could dig up some more info.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

 

[MJR]

That will help greatly. Thank you. I can start on it pretty soon. Is there a picture of the entire ICBM?

 

[pacer3429z]

Bryce, you don't have to say "Good Morning Gentleman" for every post. Its a little bit redundant. By the way its not morning anymore

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
For Mr. MJR, I have found a picture of the Atlas ICBM. Site 11 was built for the Atlas F. Here it is:

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

 

[MJR]

Thanks for all the info. If I need more I'll get back at you for it.

 

[pacer3429z]

Bryce are you on?

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
Josh, nice to see that you have FINALLY joined the Orbiter community. In case you haven't noticed, my signature salutations are "Good morning gentlemen" and "Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off". We were just discussing a possible ICBM with a launch site in Oklahoma.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.

 

[Voyager_VI]

http://www.siloworld.com/ICBM/ATLAS/ATF/ATLASF.HTM

http://www.atlasmissilesilo.com/atlas_f.htm

http://www.missilebases.com/history

 

[pacer3429z]

I'm not going to lie, it sounds kinda funney at 1:30pm

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Why did they launch ICBMs in Oklahoma?

 

[MJR]

I have no idea. I doubt I can get that close to it, but at least view close to the launch pad. I can drive there myself. Lol. I was suprised because there isn't a lot here, but yet they still have an ICBM.

 

[Star Voyager]

Good morning gentlemen,
For Mr. Voyager VI, I appreciate the links you posted. This is exactly how I found the site in the first place. I'm sure Mr. MJR will find these useful, too.

For Mr. Pacer3429Z, the reason why the USAF installed silos in Oklahoma is because it was deep inside solid U.S. land, and not too many people lived near there. I hope this info helps.

Until then, this is Star Voyager, signing off.