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Redstone Arsenal is a United States Army base adjacent to Huntsville, Alabama in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. [1] A census-designated place in Madison County, Alabama , United States, it is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area .
Active: 1 October 1997 – present: Country United States Branch United States Army Part of: United States Space Command United States Strategic Command: Headquarters: Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, U.S.
Redstone was also deployed by the U.S. Army as the PGM-11, the first missile to carry a nuclear warhead. Studies began in 1956 for a replacement for the Redstone missile. Initially called the Redstone-S (S for solid), the name was changed to MGM-31 Pershing and a contract was awarded to The Martin Company, beginning a program that lasted 34 years.
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama played an important role in the development, fielding and management of Pershing.The United States Army Missile Command managed the system and Ordnance officers, warrant officers and enlisted technicians were trained at the United States Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School.
28 October 1949: The Secretary of the Army approves the transfer of the Ordnance Research and Development Division Sub-Office (Rocket) at Fort Bliss, Texas, to Redstone Arsenal as the Ordnance Guided Missile Center. [4] 1 February 1956: The U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) established at Redstone Arsenal.
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It is located at NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama on the Redstone Arsenal, designated Building 4665. The Redstone missile was the first missile to carry a detonated nuclear weapon. Jupiter-C launched to test components for the Jupiter missile. Juno I put the first American satellite Explorer 1 into orbit.