Atlas LV-3B

E272865
expendable launch system launch vehicle rocket

Atlas LV-3B was an early variant of the Atlas launch vehicle used by NASA during the Mercury program to send crewed spacecraft into low Earth orbit.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atlas LV-3B canonical 10
Atlas LV-3 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system ⓘ
launch vehicle ⓘ
rocket ⓘ
agency NASA ⓘ
category Atlas-family launch vehicle ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas series ⓘ
surface form: Project Mercury launch vehicle
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
derivedFrom Atlas ⓘ
surface form: Atlas D

SM-65 Atlas ⓘ
era early 1960s ⓘ
fuel RP-1 ⓘ
guidanceSystem radio-inertial guidance ⓘ
launchConfiguration two booster engines plus sustainer engine ⓘ
launchedAstronaut Gordon Cooper ⓘ
John Glenn ⓘ
Scott Carpenter ⓘ
Wally Schirra ⓘ
launchesCrewed yes ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
missionType orbital crewed launch ⓘ
notableMission Aurora 7 ⓘ
Faith 7 ⓘ
Friendship 7 ⓘ
Sigma 7 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
payload Mercury spacecraft ⓘ
program Mercury program ⓘ
propellantType liquid fuel ⓘ
rocketFamily Atlas ⓘ
separationMode booster engine jettison ⓘ
stageConfiguration 1.5-stage ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Atlas LV-3C ⓘ
usedByMission Mercury-Atlas 6 ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 7 ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 8 ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 9 ⓘ
usedFor Mercury program ⓘ
surface form: Project Mercury

crewed spaceflight ⓘ
launching Mercury spacecraft ⓘ
usedIn NASA human spaceflight programs ⓘ
surface form: United States human spaceflight program

Referenced by (12)

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

Atlas → notableVariant → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas → familyIncludes → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
SM-65 Atlas → successorAsLaunchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 9 → launchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 6 → launchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 8 → launchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Mercury-Atlas 7 → launchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Friendship 7 → launchVehicle → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Launch Pad 36A → rocketFamilySupported → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas LV-3
Launch Pad 36B → vehicleTypeSupported → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlas LV-3
Atlas launch vehicle → familyMember → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ
Atlas ICBM → successor → Atlas LV-3B ⓘ