Atlas II

E264718
American launch vehicle expendable launch vehicle family

Atlas II was an American expendable launch vehicle family developed by General Dynamics and later Lockheed Martin, used primarily in the 1990s to launch commercial and military satellites into orbit.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Atlas II canonical 14
Atlas IIAS 12
Atlas IIA 3

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American launch vehicle ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy General Dynamics ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
familyVariant Atlas II self-link ⓘ
Atlas II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atlas IIA

Atlas II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atlas IIAS
launchCapability geosynchronous transfer orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
manufacturer General Dynamics ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ
operationalPeriod 1990s ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
commercial launch providers ⓘ
predecessor Atlas ⓘ
surface form: Atlas I
propellantType liquid propellant ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled rocket engines ⓘ
rocketFamily Atlas rocket ⓘ
surface form: Atlas rocket family
stageConfiguration two-stage launch vehicle ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ
usedFor commercial satellite launches ⓘ
launching satellites into orbit ⓘ
military satellite launches ⓘ
usedInProgram U.S. military space programs ⓘ
commercial communications satellite programs ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 → primaryLaunchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas → notableVariant → Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas → familyIncludes → Atlas II ⓘ
Centaur → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
SOHO mission → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
subject surface form: SOHO
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
Terra satellite → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
subject surface form: Terra
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
RP-1 → usedIn → Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas V → predecessor → Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas II → familyVariant → Atlas II self-link ⓘ
Atlas II → familyVariant → Atlas II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIA
Atlas II → familyVariant → Atlas II self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
Launch Pad 36B → vehicleTypeSupported → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas II family
Atlas III → predecessor → Atlas II ⓘ
LC-36B → usedRocket → Atlas II ⓘ
LC-36B → usedRocket → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIA
LC-36B → usedRocket → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
LC-36 → primaryLaunchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
Space Launch Complex 3 → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
Atlas launch vehicle → familyMember → Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas ICBM → successor → Atlas II ⓘ
Centaur upper stage → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
SOHO → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
EELV → predecessor → Atlas II ⓘ
BeppoSAX → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIA
EOS AM-1 → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
ASTER → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
MISR → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
MOPITT → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer → launchVehicle → Atlas II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas IIAS