Atlas III
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Atlas III was an American expendable launch vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin as an intermediate step between the Atlas II and Atlas V rockets, featuring a Russian RD-180 engine and used primarily for commercial and military satellite launches in the early 2000s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlas III canonical | 11 |
| Atlas IIIA | 1 |
| Atlas IIIB | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| configurationVariant |
Atlas III
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas IIIA
Atlas III self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas IIIB
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| enteredService | 2000 ⓘ |
| family |
Atlas rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas rocket family
|
| firstFlightDate | 2000-05-24 ⓘ |
| firstLaunchSite |
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B
|
| firstStageEngine | RD-180 ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineCycle | staged combustion ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineManufacturer | NPO Energomash ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| firstStageFuel | RP-1 kerosene ⓘ |
| firstStageOxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| lastFlightDate | 2005-02-03 ⓘ |
| lastLaunchSite |
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B
|
| launchesSuccessful | 6 ⓘ |
| launchesTotal | 6 ⓘ |
| launchServiceProvider | International Launch Services ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36B
|
| launchSuccessRate | 100% ⓘ |
| launchVehicleType | medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
U.S. military payloads
ⓘ
commercial communications satellites ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first U.S.-operated launch vehicle to use the RD-180 engine
ⓘ
intermediate design step between Atlas II and Atlas V ⓘ transition platform for integrating Russian engines into U.S. launch systems ⓘ |
| operator |
International Launch Services
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin Space ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services
|
| predecessor | Atlas II ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fueled ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 2005 ⓘ |
| stages | 2 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Atlas V ⓘ |
| upperStage | Centaur ⓘ |
| upperStageOxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| upperStagePropellant | liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial satellite launches
ⓘ
geostationary transfer orbit missions ⓘ medium-lift missions ⓘ military satellite launches ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Atlas IIIA
this entity surface form:
Atlas IIIB