Atlas launch vehicle

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expendable launch system rocket family

The Atlas launch vehicle is an American rocket family originally developed as an intercontinental ballistic missile that became a key workhorse for launching satellites and crewed spacecraft during the early space age.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Atlas launch vehicle canonical 2
Atlas rocket family 2
Atlas II launch vehicle 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
rocket family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy Convair ⓘ
General Dynamics ⓘ
developedFor United States Air Force ⓘ
era early space age ⓘ
familyMember Atlas II ⓘ
Atlas III ⓘ
Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas V ⓘ
Atlas-Agena ⓘ
surface form: Atlas–Agena

Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
surface form: Atlas–Centaur

SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
firstStageEngineType liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
governingAgencyAtIntroduction United States Air Force ⓘ
launchConfiguration single-core booster ⓘ
launchedFrom Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
manufacturer Lockheed Martin ⓘ
United Launch Alliance ⓘ
notableFeature stage-and-a-half design ⓘ
notablePayload Friendship 7 ⓘ
Intelsat communications satellites ⓘ
Mariner probes ⓘ
Pioneer 10 ⓘ
surface form: Pioneer probes

Surveyor 1 ⓘ
surface form: Surveyor spacecraft
originalFunction intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
poweredFirstUSOrbitalCrewedFlight Friendship 7 ⓘ
surface form: Friendship 7 mission
propellantType liquid propellant ⓘ
roleInHistory first American to orbit Earth launched on Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
first United States ICBM to reach operational status ⓘ
status partially retired ⓘ
successor Vulcan Centaur ⓘ
technologyTransfer adapted from military missile to space launch vehicle ⓘ
upperStageOptions Agena upper stage ⓘ
Centaur upper stage ⓘ
usedAs orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

commercial satellite operators ⓘ
usedFor crewed spacecraft launches ⓘ
satellite launches ⓘ
uncrewed spacecraft launches ⓘ
usedInProgram Atlas V ⓘ
surface form: Atlas V program

Atlas-Agena ⓘ
surface form: Atlas–Agena program

Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
surface form: Atlas–Centaur program

Project Gemini ⓘ
Mercury program ⓘ
surface form: Project Mercury

Referenced by (7)

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

Convair → notableProduct → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
United Launch Alliance → predecessorProgram → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas rocket family
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program → relatedTo → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Launch Alliance EELV-class vehicles
Atlas V → partOfFamily → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas rocket family
Space Launch Complex 3 → primaryLaunchVehicleType → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
Atlas LV-3C Centaur → family → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas launch vehicle family
EELV program → replaced → Atlas launch vehicle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas II launch vehicle