Launch Complex 38 was the White Sands Missile Range facility for testing the Nike Zeus anti-ballistic missile. The site is located east of the WSMR Post Area.
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The Utah Launch Complex was a Cold War military subinstallation of White Sands Missile Range for USAF and US Army rocket launches. In addition to firing Pershing missiles, the complex launched Athena
White Sands Launch Complex 38
…Radar (DR) and Target Tracking Radar (TTR) were used as part of a re-entry signature studies program"--"the first successful Athena test missile fired from Utah into WSMR" was in June 1964. White Sands was also the site of the AMRAD—ARPA Measurements Radar—built 1961-3 for assessing reentry of the Special Test…
Athena launch from one of the 3 launch pads at the complex, which was also known as: Green River Test Site Green River Test Complex Green River Missile Launching Site Green River Launch Complex